This bold, forward-thinking text offers a clear rationale for the development of curricula and pedagogy that will reflect young people’s in-school and out-of-school popular culture practices.By provid
This bold, forward-thinking text offers a clear rationale for the development of curricula and pedagogy that will reflect young people’s in-school and out-of-school popular culture practices.By provid
Williams (English, U. of Louisville) examines the role of popular culture in the online reading and writing of young people and notes the way in which social networks, forums and fan fiction have chan
Educators from the US, Australia, and Canada present 10 chapters on adolescents' online literacies. They discuss multimodal pedagogies, black female students' online narratives on MySpace, the use of
"How do students' online literacy practices intersect with online popular culture? In this book scholars from a range of countries including Australia, Lebanon, Nepal, Qatar, South Africa, Turkey, and
How do students’ online literacy practices intersect with online popular culture? In this book scholars from a range of countries including Australia, Lebanon, Nepal, Qatar, South Africa, Turkey
Alverman (language and literacy education, U. of Georgia) brings together 10 essays by scholars of education, technology, and media from the US, UK, Australia, and Canada who discuss the use of digita
Developing a new synthesis of literacy studies, this book explores the domain of power through questions of colonialism, modern state formation, educational systems and official versus popular literac
This book joins two important fields, that of literacy and multimodality, with a focus on local and global literacies. Chapters include work on media, popular culture and literacy, weblogs, global and
