New Literacies around the Globe : Policy and Pedagogy, Hardcover by Burnett, ...

New Literacies around the Globe : Policy and Pedagogy, Hardcover by Burnett, Cathy (EDT); Davies, Julia (EDT); Merchant, Guy (EDT); Rowsell, Jennifer (EDT), ISBN 0415719569, ISBN-13 9780415719568, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UK"The increasing popularity of ly-mediated communication is prompting us to radically rethink literacy and its role in education; at the same time, national policies have promulgated a view of literacy focused on the skills and classroom routines associated with print, bolstered by regimes of accountability and assessments. As a result, teachers are caught between two competing discourses: one upholding a traditional conception of literacy re-iterated by politicians and policy-makers, and the otherencouraging a more radical take on 21st century literacies driven by leading edge thinkers and researchers. There is a pressing need for a book which engages researchers in international dialogue around new literacies, their implications for policy and practice, and how they might articulate across national on cutting edge research from the USA, Canada, UK, Australia and South Africa, this book is a pedagogical and policy-driven call for change. It explores studies of literacy practices in varied contexts through a refreshingly dialogic style, interspersed with codas which comment on the significance of the work described for education. Th concludes on the 'conversation' developed to identify key recommendations for policy-makersthrough a Charter for Literacy Pedagogies"--