Multiliteracies and Technology Enhanced Education: Social Practice and the Global Classroom (Premier Reference Source) - Hardcover

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ISBN 10: 1605666734 ISBN 13: 9781605666730

Verlag: Information Science Reference, 2009

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Páginas:342Géneros:12:JNQ:Openlearning,homelearning,distanceeducation12:CFC:LiteracySinopsis:

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Recently, educators have begun to consider what is required in literacy curricula and best teaching practices given the demands placed on the educator sector and on literacy in general. ""Multiliteracies and Technology Enhanced Education: Social Practice and the Global Classroom"" features theoretical reflections and approaches on the use of multiliteracies and technologies in the improvement of education and social practices. Assisting educators at different teaching levels and fostering professional development and progress in this growing field, this innovative publication supports practitioners concerned with teaching at both a local and global level.

Biografía del autor:

Darren Pullen is a lecturer in ICT, professional studies and multiliteracies in the Faculty of Education at the University of Tasmania (Australia). He has a diverse background with previous employment as a research fellow in the health sector, ICT consultant, and educator. His research interest is in the management of change processes with a particular interest in the micro-meso-macro level relationships between technology innovations and human-machine (humachine) relationships and interactions. David R. Cole is a senior lecturer in English and pedagogy at the University of Technology, Sydney. His major research areas are multiliteracies, multiple literacies, and affective aspects of literacy and education. He has worked as an international English teacher on four continents, and has published widely in academic journals including English in Australia, Educational Philosophy and Theory, and Prospect and Curriculum Perspectives. He is currently under contract to write two edited academic books on literacy theory, and has published a novel about Colombia called A Mushroom of Glass (2006). He is presently researching the complex multiple literacies of Sudanese immigrant families living in NSW.

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• Verlag: Information Science Reference
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1605666734
• ISBN 13: 9781605666730
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 342
• Herausgeber: Pullen Darren Lee, Cole David R.