Changing dimensions of school literacies

Title
Changing dimensions of school literacies
Publication Date
2002
Author(s)
Unsworth, L
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Australian Literacy Educators' Association (ALEA)
Place of publication
Australia
UNE publication id
une:417
Abstract
This article discusses emerging multiple dimensions of literacy practices, or 'multiliteracies', influenced by the affordances of computer technology; the increasing prominence of images in electronic and conventional formats; the distinctive literacy demands of different curriculum areas; and the distinction between literacy practices that are reproductive of existing knowledge and prevailing social orders and values, and those that are critically reflective, questioning and challenging. It is argued that a functional, meaning-based metalanguage, describing knowledge about linguistic, visual and digital meaning-making systems is a crucial resource for critical comprehension and composition of computer-based and conventional texts in the age of information and communication technology.
Link
Citation
Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 25(1), p. 62-77
ISSN
1839-4728
1038-1562
Start page
62
End page
77

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