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Type: educational

Status: I recommend

Authors: Mary Simpson Jennifer Tuson

Tags: data culture observation research classroom contexts qualitative

Description: A really useful beginners guide to classroom observations. Covers advantages/disadvantagesA really useful beginners guide to classroom observations. Covers advantages/disadvantages of observation, outlines key methods for data collection, discusses roles, relationships and ethical issues and how to process and analyse these. A great pocket-size book....

2007-12-21

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Type: educational

Status: I recommend

Authors: Don Tapscott Anthony D. Williams

Tags: culture knowledge collaboration wikis

Description: A really interesting book about collaborativeA really interesting book about collaborative culture and the use of wikis to proliferate knowledge....

2007-12-21

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Type: educational

Status: I recommend

Author: Paul J Thibault

Tags: semiotics semiology Saussure langue parole thibault

Description: A really interesting revisitation of Saussures work. Particularly interesting discussion ofA really interesting revisitation of Saussures work. Particularly interesting discussion of langue and parole....

2007-12-21

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Type: educational

Status: I recommend

Author: Harry Daniels (Editor)

Tags: education culture language thought activity tool

Description: Vygotsky was one of the most talented and creative Soviet psychologists. His innovative theoriesVygotsky was one of the most talented and creative Soviet psychologists. His innovative theories of thought and speech are important not only for psychology but for other disciplines also - linguistics, education, semiotics and sociology. As the ideas of Piaget have decreased in popularity so those of Vygotsky have increased and his impact in these other areas has begun to be felt. This is especially so in the field of education, and in Charting the Agenda Harry Daniels has brought together a range of experts to explore the work of Vygotsky and its influence and impact for educational practice. The book is divided into three parts. The first two provide a general introduction to Vygotsky's work and explore the theoretical developments. The final part is concerned with the educational implications of Vygotsky's work. ...

2006-04-06

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Type: educational

Status: I recommend

Author: James W. Carey

Tags: culture communication

Description: Carey's seminal work joins central issues in the field and redefines them. It will forceCarey's seminal work joins central issues in the field and redefines them. It will force the reader to think in new and fruitful ways about such dichotomies as transmissions vs. ritual, administrative vs. critical, positivist vs. marxist, and cultural vs. power-orientated approaches to communications study. An historically inspired treatment of major figures and theories, required reading for the sophisticated scholar' - George Gerbner, University of Pennsylvania "...offers a mural of thought with a rich background, highlighted by such thoughts as communication being the 'maintenance of society in time'." - Cast/Communication Booknotes These essays encompass much more than a critique of an academic discipline. Carey's lively thought, lucid style, and profound scholarship propel the reader through a wide and varied intellectual landscape, particularly as these issues have affected Modern American thought. As entertaining as it is enlightening, Communication as Culture is certain to become a classic in its field.
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2006-04-06

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Type: scientific

Status: I recommend

Author: Marcel Danesi

Tags: culture semiotics meaning semiosis sign semiosphere

Description: This text is designed to provide a basic introduction to semiotics and communication theory,This text is designed to provide a basic introduction to semiotics and communication theory, with plenty of examples from and applications to popular culture. It aims to make accessible the technical and often abstruse subject matter of sign theory in practical ways, with illustrations in such areas as myth, storytelling, television, advertising, clothing, and architecture. Without overwhelming, this introduction allows students and interested general readers to get a comprehensive look at what semiotics and communication theory are all about.
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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

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Type: scientific

Status: I recommend

Authors: Ron Scollon Suzanne Wong Scollon

Tags: space dialogism geosemiotics indexicality temporality visual-semiotics

Description: An interesting look at the use of sign systems as material objects in our world. An analysisAn interesting look at the use of sign systems as material objects in our world. An analysis of the 'public texts' (e.g. logos, road signs, etc.) via the social and physical world that surrounds them....

2005-10-30

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Type: fiction

Status: I recommend

Author: Allan Reid

Tags: culture linguistics semiotics communication cognition structuralism cybernetics poetics moscow-tartu

Description: A very interesting comparative study of the key theoretical interests of Bakhtin and LotmanA very interesting comparative study of the key theoretical interests of Bakhtin and Lotman based on a PhD Thesis. Plenty of food for thought and an extensive bibliography for Lotman scholars....

2005-10-30

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Type: scientific

Status: I recommend

Authors: Gunther Kress Robert Hodge

Tags: culture space time semiotics communication modality

Description: A kind of 'put it all in one bag' textbook of semiotics covering communication, culture,A kind of 'put it all in one bag' textbook of semiotics covering communication, culture, sociality, media texts, spatial and temporal dimensions of texts and signs....

2005-10-30