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Challenge and Change for the Early Years Workforce

Author : Vicky Duckworth
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317807405
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)

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Download or read book Challenge and Change for the Early Years Workforce written by Vicky Duckworth and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-11-27 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume makes a timely contribution to our understanding of literacy as a multi-faceted, complexly situated activity. Each chapter provides the reader with a fresh perspective into a different site for literate behaviour, approaches, design and relationships, and offers an exploration into the use of literacy theories to inform policy and practice, particularly in regard to curriculum. Bringing together international experts in the field, the contributing authors represent a wide variety of theoretical and research perspectives which cover literacy in various forms, including: • transformative literacy • survey literacy • academic literacies • information literacy in the workplace • digital literacy. Landscapes of Specific Literacies in Contemporary Society suggests that literacy curriculum needs to evolve from its current perspective if it is to cater for the demands of the 21st century contemporary globalised society. The book will be of key interest to researchers and academics in the fields of education, curriculum studies and the sociology of education, as well as to policy makers and literacy specialists.

Landscapes of Specific Literacies in Contemporary Society

Author : Vicky Duckworth
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000032167
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Landscapes of Specific Literacies in Contemporary Society written by Vicky Duckworth and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-11-27 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume makes a timely contribution to our understanding of literacy as a multi-faceted, complexly situated activity. Each chapter provides the reader with a fresh perspective into a different site for literate behaviour, approaches, design and relationships, and offers an exploration into the use of literacy theories to inform policy and practice, particularly in regard to curriculum. Bringing together international experts in the field, the contributing authors represent a wide variety of theoretical and research perspectives which cover literacy in various forms, including: • transformative literacy • survey literacy • academic literacies • information literacy in the workplace • digital literacy. Landscapes of Specific Literacies in Contemporary Society suggests that literacy curriculum needs to evolve from its current perspective if it is to cater for the demands of the 21st century contemporary globalised society. The book will be of key interest to researchers and academics in the fields of education, curriculum studies and the sociology of education, as well as to policy makers and literacy specialists.

Information Literacy: Key to an Inclusive Society

Author : Serap Kurbanoğlu
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319521624
Total Pages : 742 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (195 download)

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Book Synopsis Information Literacy: Key to an Inclusive Society by : Serap Kurbanoğlu

Download or read book Information Literacy: Key to an Inclusive Society written by Serap Kurbanoğlu and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-01-26 with total page 742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes revised selected papers from the 4th European Conference on Information Literacy, ECIL 2016, held in Prague, Czech Republic, in October 2016. The 52 full and 19 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 259 submissions. They were organized in topical sections named: inclusive society and democracy; employability and workplace; various literacies; reading preference: print vs electronic; theoretical aspects; higher education; discipline based studies; research methods; children and youth; country based studies; academic libraries; librarians; and teaching methods and instruction.

Adult Literacy Policy and Practice

Author : Vicky Duckworth
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137535113
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book Adult Literacy Policy and Practice written by Vicky Duckworth and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-09-17 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the gradual evolution of Adult literacy policy from the 1970s using philosophical, sociological and economic frames of reference from a range of perspectives to highlight how priorities have changed. It also offers an alternative curriculum; a transformative model that presents a more socially just different value position.

Beyond Economic Interests

Author : Keiko Yasukawa
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9463004440
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Beyond Economic Interests written by Keiko Yasukawa and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-02-10 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last two decades, an increasingly economistic discourse has dominated discussions about adult literacy and numeracy. This book provides critiques of, and alternative narratives to the dominant discourse. Authors provide tools and methodologies of critique, including ways of seeing how policies in the countries of focus come to be captured almost completely by the interests of business and industry, as well as how to critically interpret the data that policy makers use to justify their priorities. But adult literacy and numeracy practitioners and learners find spaces and places to pursue learning that matters for the lived experiences of adults and their communities. Beyond Economic Interests presents the struggles and achievements of practitioners and learners that lead the readers of the book to critically appreciate that a counter narrative to the purely economistic discourse of adult literacy and numeracy is much needed, and possible.

Literacy, Media, Technology

Author : Becky Parry
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1474258018
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (742 download)

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Download or read book Literacy, Media, Technology written by Becky Parry and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Literacy, Media, Technology considers the continued significance of popular culture forms such as postcards, film, television, games, virtual worlds and social media for educators. Following multiple pathways through technological innovation, the contributors reflect on the way in which digital and portable devices lead to new and emerging forms of reading, participating and creating. Rejecting linear conceptualisations of progression, they explore how time is not linear as technological advances are experienced in multiple ways linked to different personal, social, political and economic trajectories. The contributors describe a range of practices from formal and informal education spaces and interrogate some of the continuities and discontinuities associated with literacy, media and technology at a time when rapidly evolving communicative practices often meet intransigence in educational systems. The chapters adopt diverse forms: historical perspectives, personal story and reflection, project reports, document analysis, critical reviews of resources, ethnographic accounts, and analyses of meaning-making within and beyond educational institutions. Together, they provide multiple insights into the diverse and fluid relationships between literacy, media, technology, and everyday life, and the many ways in which these relationships are significant to educational research and practice.

Reading

Author : Roger Beard
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000729206
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Reading written by Roger Beard and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-10-20 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The field of reading is a compelling one, characterised by many debates and discussions. It is also amenable to investigations through a range of theories and research studies. In this book, eight leading authorities provide a ‘state-of-the-art’ overview of reading, using perspectives that have informed their work. There are overviews from linguistic, psychological, sociological and literary viewpoints, as well as more hybrid ones from investigations of digital literacy and multi-modality. This book celebrates what has already been achieved by bridging research, scholarship and practice; it also suggests what still needs to be done to bring the positive rewards from reading to greater numbers of young people. It also recognises that the benefits of reading extend beyond the personal. Accomplished reading skills empower people to meet the challenges of everyday life: making decisions, solving problems, and dealing with unexpected events. The need to refresh and renew our knowledge of reading has gained further impetus in the ‘information age’. New technologies for information and communication continually appear: manifestations of ‘fake news’, disinformation and conspiracy theories spread rapidly across the globe. The book underlines the importance not only of reading, but also the fact that reading between and beyond the lines is more important than ever, in print and across multiple media platforms. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Education 3–13: International Journal of Primary, Elementary and Early Years Education.

Teaching Primary English in Australia

Author : Eve Bearne
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 100381509X
Total Pages : 550 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Teaching Primary English in Australia written by Eve Bearne and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-12-11 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first Australian edition of Teaching Primary English has been updated and adapted to reflect the Australian sociocultural and educational context. This text provides a comprehensive, evidence informed introduction to teaching and learning English in the primary school classroom. New content refers to the Australian English Curriculum and incorporates Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives and literacy perspectives relevant to the Asia-Pacific region as well as the broader international context. This edition also includes a new section devoted to visual literacy, critical literacy and multimodality. Teaching advice and ideas are supported by practical examples linked to video clips filmed in real schools, reflective activities, observational tasks and online resources. Each section includes suggestions for great children’s literature and offers assessment advice and support for planning for diversity and special educational needs. Drawing on the very latest research and theory, supported by practical examples and guidance, this is an essential resource for pre-service teachers as they develop subject knowledge and the skills and confidence to deliver effective and engaging classroom practice.

Spirituality in Education in a Global, Pluralised World

Author : Marian de Souza
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317619137
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book Spirituality in Education in a Global, Pluralised World written by Marian de Souza and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-01-08 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A particular problem associated with international research in the field of spirituality and education is the reluctance of scholars to agree on what spirituality means, with numerous descriptions increasing ambiguity and reducing the impact of research in the discipline. This book argues that it is important to understand spirituality as a unifying concept that has the potential to be meaningful in its application to the lives of children and young people in areas of learning and wellbeing. Chapters show why and how spiritual learning should be addressed across the curriculum, with implications for the design of learning programs and environments.

Populism, Media and Education

Author : Maria Ranieri
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317398564
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book Populism, Media and Education written by Maria Ranieri and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-01-22 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on a major research project funded by the European Commission, Populism, Media and Education studies how discriminatory stereotypes are built online with a particular focus on right-wing populism. Globalization and migration have led to a new era of populism and racism in Western countries, rekindling traditional forms of discrimination through innovative means. New media platforms are being seen by populist organizations as a method to promote hate speech and unprecedented forms of proselytism. Race, gender, disability and sexual orientation are all being used to discriminate and young people are the preferred target for populist organizations and movements. This book examines how media education can help to deconstruct such hate speech and promote young people’s full participation in media-saturated societies. Drawing on rich examples from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Italy, Slovenia, and the UK - countries characterized by different political and cultural contexts – Populism, Media and Education addresses key questions about the meaning of new populism, the nature of e-engagement, and the role of education and citizenship in the digital century. With its international and interdisciplinary approach, this book is essential reading for academics and students in the areas of education, media studies, sociology, cultural studies, political sciences, discrimination and gender studies.

Curriculum as Contestation

Author : Suellen Shay
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351171429
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)

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Download or read book Curriculum as Contestation written by Suellen Shay and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-12-18 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2015 a social movement swept across the South African higher education sector fuelled by the anger of the ‘born free’ generation, the students born into post-apartheid South Africa. The movement found solidarity in other parts of the globe where the past decade has witnessed the rise of student protests in the UK, the US, Chile, Turkey and Hong Kong to name a few. While the demands are specific to national contexts, the underlying obstacles of economic, cultural and political access into higher education are consistent. These protests have put a spotlight on the global academy that, like the society of which it is a part, is increasingly characterized by inequality. At its core these movements call for a more socially just higher education system. This call is profoundly dissonant to the dominant neoliberal discourses currently shaping higher education. Against the backdrop of these discourses there has been an unprecedented pressure on higher education curricula. This edited collection is dedicated to exploring what a socially just curriculum reform agenda might involve. The authors share a commitment to socially just curricula and a concern about the ways in which curricula are deeply implicated in the processes of producing and reproducing inequality. Each chapter opens up a different vista on the contested curriculum space drawing on a range of theoretical tools – Archer, Bernstein, Giroux, and Maton to name a few – to illuminate the contestation. Perhaps even more importantly they also draw on a range of voices from both inside and outside the academy. This book was originally published as a special issue of Teaching in Higher Education.

Research Methods for Social Justice and Equity in Education

Author : Liz Atkins
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350015474
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Research Methods for Social Justice and Equity in Education written by Liz Atkins and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-02-21 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research Methods for Social Justice and Equity in Education offers researchers a full understanding of very important concepts, showing how they can be used a means to develop practical strategies for undertaking research that makes a difference to the lives of marginalised and disadvantaged learners. It explores different conceptualisations of social justice and equity, and leads the reader through a discussion of what their implications are for undertaking educational research that is both moral and ethical and how it can be enacted in the context of their chosen research method and a variety of others, both well-known and more innovative. The authors draw on real, practical examples from a range of educational contexts, including early childhood, special and inclusive education and adult education, and cultures located in both western and developing nations in order to exemplify how researchers can use methods which contribute to the creation of more equitable education systems. In this way, the authors provide a global perspective of the contrasting and creative ways in which researchers reflect on and integrate principles of social justice in their methods and their methodological decision making. It encourages the reader to think critically about their own research by asking key questions, such as: what contribution can research for equity and social justice make to new and emerging methods and methodologies? And how can researchers implement socially just research methods from a position of power? This book concludes by proposing a range of methods and methodologies which researchers can use to challenge inequality and work towards social justice, offering a springboard from which they can further their own studies.

Progressive Sexuality Education

Author : Mary Lou Rasmussen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135017379
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Progressive Sexuality Education written by Mary Lou Rasmussen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-05 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book engages contemporary debates about the notion of secularism outside of the field of education in order to consider how secularism shapes the formation of progressive sexuality education. Focusing on the US, Canada, Ireland, Aotearoa-New Zealand and Australia, this text considers the affinities, prejudices, and attachments of scholars who advocate secular worldviews in the context of sexuality education, and some of the consequences that ensue from these ways of seeing. This study identifies and interrogates how secularism infuses progressive sexuality education. It asks readers to consider their own investments in particular ways of thinking and researching in the field of sexuality education, and to think about how these investments have developed and how they shape existing discourses within the field of sexuality education. It hones in on how progressive sexuality education has come to develop in the way that it has, and how this relates to conceits of secularism. This book prompts a consideration of how "progressive" scholarship and practice might get in the way of meaningful conversations with students, teachers, and peers who think differently about the field of sexuality education.

Theorizing Pedagogical Interaction

Author : Hansun Zhang Waring
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317614909
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book Theorizing Pedagogical Interaction written by Hansun Zhang Waring and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pedagogical interaction can be observed through many different landscapes, such as the graduate seminar, the writing skills center, the after-school literacy program, adult ESL classrooms, and post-observation conferences. By viewing these settings through the lens of conversation analysis, this volume lays the groundwork for three principles of pedagogical interaction: competence, complexity, and contingency. The author explores these principles and how they inform what makes a good teacher, how people learn, and why certain pedagogical encounters are more enlightening than others. Drawn from the author’s original research in various pedagogical settings, this volume collects empirical insights from conversation analysis and contributes to theory building. Theorizing Pedagogical Interaction will appeal to students and scholars in applied linguistics, educational linguistics, and communication studies who are interested in the discourse of teaching and learning.

Transatlantic Reflections on the Practice-Based PhD in Fine Art

Author : Jessica Schwarzenbach
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317625021
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book Transatlantic Reflections on the Practice-Based PhD in Fine Art written by Jessica Schwarzenbach and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-08-11 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once the US was the only country in the world to offer a doctorate for studio artists, however the PhD in fine art disappeared after pressures established the MFA as the terminal degree for visual artists. Subsequently, the PhD in fine art emerged in the UK and is now offered by approximately 40 universities. Today the doctorate is offered in most English-speaking nations, much of the EU, and countries such as China and Brazil. Using historical, political, and social frameworks, this book investigates the evolution of the fine art doctorate in the UK, what the concept of a PhD means to practicing artists from the US, and why this degree disappeared in the US when it is so vigorously embraced in the UK and other countries. Data collected through in-depth interviews examine the perspectives of professional artists in the US who teach graduate level fine art. These interviews disclose conflicting attitudes toward this advanced degree and reveal the possibilities and challenges of developing a potential doctorate in studio art in the US.

Youth Voices, Public Spaces, and Civic Engagement

Author : Stuart Greene
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317360923
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book Youth Voices, Public Spaces, and Civic Engagement written by Stuart Greene and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-02-26 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of original research explores ways that educators can create participatory spaces that foster civic engagement, critical thinking, and authentic literacy practices for adolescent youth in urban contexts. Casting youth as vital social actors, contributors shed light on the ways in which urban youth develop a clearer sense of agency within the structural forces of racial segregation and economic development that would otherwise marginalize and silence their voices and begin to see familiar spaces with reimagined possibilities for socially just educational practices.

Drama and Social Justice

Author : Kelly Freebody
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317628780
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book Drama and Social Justice written by Kelly Freebody and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-08-20 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This text offers a cohesive framework for exploring social justice through drama and drama from a social justice perspective. Research based examples of practice from a range of international contexts link theory and practice. Connecting chapters raise key critical questions in an engaging dialogue format. An important addition to the literature on social justice education." - Lee Anne Bell, author Storytelling for Social Justice (2010) and co-editor of Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice (Routledge, 2007) Much has been written within the tradition of drama education and applied theatre around the premise that drama can be a force for change within both individual lives and society more broadly. However, little has been published in terms of charting the nature of this relationship. By combining theoretical, historical and practical perspectives, this book unpacks and explores drama’s intrinsically entwined relationship with society more comprehensively and critically. Chapters gather together and develop a range of theoretical understandings of social justice in applied drama in the first part of the book, which are then used to frame and inform more focused discussions of drama research and practice in the second. Contributors move beyond practical understandings of drama for empowerment or development in order to engage with the philosophy of praxis – the interconnected and symbiotic nature of theory derived from practice, and practice derived from theory. Including concrete examples from current research and practice in the field, the book opens up a conversation on and counter-narrative to perceptions of the nature and impact of applied theatre and drama education on social justice. Drama and Social Justice will be key reading for postgraduate students, academics, researchers and field-based practitioners in the areas of applied drama and theatre, education and youth work, and social justice and the social sciences.