- literacies
- lit·er·a·cy || 'lɪtərəsɪ n. ability to read and write; education; familiarity with a particular subject or field
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New literacies — generally refers to new forms of literacy made possible by digital technology developments, although new literacies do not necessarily have to involve use of digital technologies to be recognized as such. The term new literacies itself is… … Wikipedia
Douglas K. Hartman — currently works at Michigan State University as a Professor of Literacy and Technology in the College of Education. Hartman s research focuses on new literacies, adolescent literacy, health literacy and the history of literacy. Contents 1… … Wikipedia
Michele Knobel — is Professor of Education in the Department of Early Childhood, Elementary and Literacy Education at Montclair State University and an internationally recognized researcher and scholar in the area of literacy education, new literacies and digital … Wikipedia
Colin Lankshear — is Adjunct Professor at James Cook University and McGill University. He is an internationally acclaimed scholar in the study of new literacies and digital technologies (cf., Lankshear 1987; Lankshear 1997; Lankshear Snyder, 2000; Lankshear Knobel … Wikipedia
Literacy — Global adult literacy according to the CIA Factbook … Wikipedia
Donna Alvermann — is a researcher and teacher educator whose work focuses on adolescents’ digital and media literacies and youth initiated engagement with all kinds of texts both in and out of school. Currently she is University Appointed Distinguished Research… … Wikipedia
Visual literacy — (or, as it is colloquially known, visuacy [Christopher Allen, in The Australian on 16 August, described this word as a horrible neologism .] ) is the ability to interpret, negotiate, and make meaning from information presented in the form of an… … Wikipedia
B. W. Powe — Bruce William Powe BA, MA (born 23 March 1955 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian author. Lived in Toronto from 1959 until 1996; he attended York University for English studies where in 1977 graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Powe received a … Wikipedia
Douglas Kellner — (born in 1943) is a “third generation” critical theorist in the tradition of the Frankfurt Institute for Social Research, or Frankfurt School. Kellner was an early theorist of the field of critical media literacy and has been a leading theorist… … Wikipedia
Allan Luke — is an educator, researcher, and theorist studying multiliteracies, linguistics, family literacy, and educational policy. Dr. Luke has written or edited over 14 books and more than 140 articles and book chapters.cite web… … Wikipedia
