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  • Literacy and Multimodality Across Global Sites

    Series series Routledge Research in Literacy
    Over the past three decades, our conceptualizations of literacy and what it means to be literate have expanded to include recognition that there is a qualitative difference in how we communicate through modalities such as the visual, audio, spatial, and linguistic and that different modes are combined in complex ways to make meaning. The field of multimodality is concerned with how human beings ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • Everyday Youth Literacies

    Critical Perspectives for New Times

    Series series Education (R0)
    Testifying to the maturity of the youth literacy education field, this collection of papers displays the increasing sophistication of research on the subject, and at the same time offers pointers to its potential for development in the next decade. The contributors track the rapid proliferation of youth literacies in today’s digital age, from video games to social media and film production. ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Portraits of Literacy Across Families, Communities, and Schools

    Intersections and Tensions

    Designed to stimulate debate and critical thinking and to draw readers' attention to the ideological nature of literacy education across a broad range of literacy contexts, this book crosses traditional boundaries between the study of family, community, and school literacies to offer a unique global perspective on multiple literacies, from theory to case studies of various settings. These examples ... Read more

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    Research-Based Practice

    Thorough and accessible, this professional resource and text shows how the latest research in adolescent literacy can be translated into effective practice in middle and high school classrooms. Leading authorities discuss findings on the adolescent learner, addressing such essential topics as comprehension, content-area literacy, differentiated instruction, gender differences in literacy learning, ... Read more

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  • Transformative Approaches to New Technologies and Student Diversity in Futures Oriented Classrooms

    Future Proofing Education

    Edited by Leonie Rowan, Chris Bigum ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    In this book we outline an optimistic, aspirational and unashamedly ambitious agenda for schooling. We make cautious use of the concept of ‘future proofing’ to signal the commitment of the various authors to re-thinking the purposes, content and processes of schooling with a view to ensuring that all children, from all backgrounds are prepared by their education to make a positive contribution to ... Read more

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  • Handbook of Research on New Literacies

    Situated at the intersection of two of the most important areas in educational research today — literacy and technology — this handbook draws on the potential of each while carving out important new territory. It provides leadership for this newly emerging field, directing scholars to the major issues, theoretical perspectives, and interdisciplinary research pertaining to new literacies. Reviews ... Read more

    $190.00 USD

  • New Media and Learning in the 21st Century

    A Socio-Cultural Perspective

    Series series Education (R0)
    This volume brings together conceptualizations and empirical studies that explore the socio-cultural dimension of new media and its implications on learning in the 21st century classroom. The authors articulate their vision of new-media-enhanced learning at a global level. The high-level concept is then re-examined for different degrees of contextualization and localization, for example how a ... Read more

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  • Principles and Practices for Teaching English as an International Language

    Series series ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional Series
    What general principles should inform a socioculturally sensitive pedagogy for teaching English as an International Language and what practices would be consistent with these principles?This text explores the pedagogical implications of the continuing spread of English and its role as an international language, highlighting the importance of socially sensitive pedagogy in contexts outside inner ... Read more

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  • Sight Words 4th Grade Workbook (Baby Professor Learning Books)

    Make learning fun and easy through the early introduction of sight words. Sight words are commonly seen words that when familiarized, would make it so easy for a young child to read. In this book, your child will not only see the letters but also get an understanding as to what they mean. Grab a copy today! ... Read more

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  • Inspiring Writing through Drama: Creative Approaches to Teaching Ages 7-16

    Creative Approaches to Teaching Ages 7-16

    Inspiring Writing through Drama offers interactive, high-quality drama schemes that will motivate andinspire students aged 7-16 to write for a range of purposes and audiences. Each drama unit offers: � A planning grid flagging the writingopportunities within the drama� Original resources, such as poems, text messagesand fragments of graffiti� Individual, group and whole-class writingopportunities, ... Read more

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  • High-Poverty, High-Performing Schools

    Foundations for Real Student Success

    by Ovid K. Wong ...
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    $32.39 USD