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Type: educational

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Authors: LeAnn G. Putney Joan Wink

Tags: education culture sociocultural activity

Description: This book will introduce students to Vygotskian theories of teaching, learning, and developmentThis book will introduce students to Vygotskian theories of teaching, learning, and development and show how that theory can be applied in current classrooms. Vygotsky's work continues to be applied and studied in Teacher Education and Educational Psychology. ...

2006-04-06

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Type: educational

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Authors: Gunther Kress Carey Jewitt

Tags: education semiotics meaning multimodality semiosis literacy

2006-04-06

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Type: educational

Status: I recommend

Author: Carey Jewitt

Tags: technology education meaning multimodality literacy representation

Description: With the recent explosion of technology into the world of education across the globe, thisWith the recent explosion of technology into the world of education across the globe, this book sets out a framework for rethinking the three key areas of schooling that are most affected by technology's impact on education today: knowledge as curriculum; learning and pedagogy; and literacy across the curriculum. A well-known author in this field, Carey Jewitt shows how all three are reshaped by the multimodal resources and facilities of new technologies, and points the way to rethinking learning and teaching in this environment. Jewitt takes the reader through an exhaustive analysis of teaching and learning with technology-mediated materials such as CD-ROMs, websites, the Internet, computer programming applications and computer games, relating each in turn to the main curriculum topics of English, Mathematics and Science. Through this detailed scrutiny the following questions emerge: - How do the new technologies reshape knowledge as curriculum? - How does the use of new technologies in the classroom reshape learning pedagogy? - As writing moves from page to screen, what is the impact on students' situated literacy practices and how does it effect learning? Through these questions, this book demonstrates that mode, technology and curriculum knowledge are fundamentally connected, and describes how teacher and students roles in the classroom could be altered in the face of new technologies. ...

2006-04-06