With the rise of new technologies and media, the way we communicate is rapidly changing. Literacies provides a comprehensive introduction to literacy pedagogy within today's new media environment. It focuses not only on reading and writing, but also on other modes of communication, including oral, visual, audio, gestural and spatial. This focus is designed to supplement, not replace, the enduringly important role of alphabetical literacy. Using real-world examples and illustrations, Litera...

Almost every educational idea worth a thought has been considered at the University of Illinois, and anything worth trying has been tested. In this history of ideas, Bill Cope and Walter Feinberg chronicle the intellectual lives of education thinkers at the university while tracking the development of educational ideas and practices in general.Cope and Feinberg draw on conversations, narratives, and archival research that reveal how different generations explored their role in defi...

An innovative resource for understanding and teaching literacy in a digital and AI-powered worldLiteracies in the Age of AI: Teaching and Learning in the Digital Era responds to a critical need in contemporary education by redefining literacy in light of digital transformation and the rise of generative AI. Moving beyond traditional definitions of reading and writing, this innovative volume situates literacy as a complex, multimodal practice involving text...

En Nuevo aprendizaje los reconocidos autores Mary Kalantzis y Bill Cope exploran los debates y los desafíos contemporáneos en torno a la educación. En este momento de dramático cambio social, la educación representa posibilidades y oportunidades muy significativas. Escrito en un estilo accesible y ágil, la obra pone la lupa sobre los estudiantes y sus entornos de aprendizaje y reflexiona sobre cómo las escuelas pueden preparar a sus alumnos para e...

In the second edition of New Learning: Elements of a Science of Education, renowned authors Mary Kalantzis and Bill Cope explore the contemporary debates and challenges in education. In this time of dramatic social change, education represents significant possibilities and opportunities. Written in accessible and lively style, this book examines learners and their learning environments and considers how schools can prepare their students for the future. Featuring new classroom examples, ca...

The phenomenon of multimodality is central to our everyday interaction. 'Hybrid' modes of communication that combine traditional uses of language with imagery, tagging, hashtags and voice-recognition tools have become the norm. Bringing together concepts of meaning and communication across a range of subject areas, including education, media studies, cultural studies, design and architecture, the authors uncover a multimodal grammar that moves away from rigid and language-centered understa...

This book addresses the question of how knowledge is currently documented, and may soon be documented in the context of what it calls 'semantic publishing'. This takes two forms: a more narrowly and technically defined 'semantic web'; as well as a broader notion of semantic publishing. This book examines the ways in which knowledge is represented in journal articles and books. By contrast, it goes on to explore the potential impacts of semantic publishing on academic research and authorshi...

Las alfabetizaciones múltiples: teoría y práctica es la primera obra en el mundo hispano-hablante que ofrece una introducción exhaustiva de la pedagogía de las alfabetizaciones múltiples a través de un enfoque no solamente en la lectura y la escritura, sino también en otras modalidades que caracterizan la comunicación moderna. Incluye aspectos teóricos y prácticos y hace referencia a marcos pedagógicos innovadores, como el aprendizaje basado en el género y el aprendizaje mediante ...

In recent years, with the rise of new media, the phenomenon of 'multimodality' (communication via a number of modes simultaneously) has become central to our everyday interaction. This has given rise to a new kind of literacy that is rapidly gaining ground as an area of research. A companion to Making Sense, which explored the functions of reference, agency and structure in meaning, Adding Sense extends this analysis with two more surrounding functions. It addresses the ways in which 'cont...

This volume examines the ways schools respond to cultural and linguistic diversity. A richness of accumulated experience is portrayed in this study of six Australian secondary schools; partial success, near success or instructive failure as the culture of the school itself was transformed in an attempt to meet the educational needs of its students. Set in the context of a general historical background to the development of multicultural education in Australia, a theoretical framework is de...

A practical, empowering guide to navigating your partner's diagnosis of a terminal or life-limiting illness, or death.Receiving the news that your partner has a terminal or life-limiting illness, or has died unexpectedly, is among the worst experiences in life. At a time when you are least able to cope, you are faced with a multitude of difficult decisions, some of which must be made quickly. What you need is a friend who has experienced everything you are about to...

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