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Hoffman, Diane M. – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2023
Using perspectives drawn from recent work in the anthropology of learning as socially situated practice, alongside attention to multimodality as a lens for exploring learning, this article analyzes patterns of meaning-making among children engaged in small group learning during an after-school Creole literacy program in Haiti. Ethnographic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cooperative Learning, After School Programs, Creoles
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Cumming, Joy; Kimber, Kay; Wyatt-Smith, Claire – English in Australia, 2012
This article examines synergies and gaps in the construction of English, literacy, multimodality in policy and curriculum in Australian education with a focus on current assessment practices and educational accountability in order to make recommendations for future practice for teachers and for policy-makers. The article builds on analyses of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Policy, Educational Policy, Literacy
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McVee, Mary B.; Bailey, Nancy M.; Shanahan, Lynn E. – Teaching Education, 2008
While many teachers and teacher educators agree that it is important to integrate new literacies and technologies into their teaching, educators are often perplexed about how to begin thinking about this task. Research reveals that educators use technologies for personal and communicative purposes, but teachers, for the most part, have not yet…
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Education Courses, Teacher Educators, Educational Technology
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Jewitt, Carey – Review of Research in Education, 2008
The characteristics of contemporary societies are increasingly theorized as global, fluid, and networked. These conditions underpin the emerging knowledge economy as it is shaped by the societal and technological forces of late capitalism. These shifts and developments have significantly affected the communicational landscape of the 21st century.…
Descriptors: Literacy, Literature, Foreign Countries, Educational Technology
Kent, M. R.; Dockrill, F. J.
Forty sub-literate adults were given reading and comprehension skill training. Twenty of the subjects were taught using a multimedia, multimodal and multilevel communication skill system (Experimental Group). The other twenty were taught in a traditional manner using standard reading texts (Control Group). Both Groups received an average of 265…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Control Groups, Educational Experiments, Educational Improvement