Authors:Rod Gerber, Colin Lankshear,
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: workforce, smart, training
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2000-08-11
List price: $60.95
ISBN-10: 0415195527
ISBN-13: 9780415195522

In the hypercompetitive context of the new global economy, building a smart workforce is widely regarded as a key strategy for enterprises. But is this any more than another ’fast capitalist’ slogan? What substance can be given to the idea? What are its associated values and practices? This book explores these issues from an international perspective in fresh and challenging ways.  Key themes include: * competence and being competent in the world of work* experience, common-sense and expertise in workplace learning* social practices and literacies in the workplace* developing sma

Authors:Colin Lankshear, Michele Knobel,
Publisher: Open University Press
Keywords: classroom, learning, practives, everyday, literacies, new
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2006-10-01
List price: $61.00
ISBN-10: 033522010X
ISBN-13: 9780335220106

The World Has Changed—So Should the Way You Teach This thought-provoking book argues that education has failed to take into account how much the world has changed since the information technology revolution and that education requires a totally new mindset to become relevant. The authors describe the new social practices and new literacies associated with a digital world and offer suggestions on where change should occur.

Authors:Michele Knobel, Colin Lankshear,
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing
Keywords: new, literacies, epistemologies, sampler, digital
Number of Pages: 251
Published: 2007-01
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0820495239
ISBN-13: 9780820495231

The study of new literacies is quickly emerging as a major research field. This book "samples" work in the broad area of new literacies research along two dimensions. First, it samples some typical examples of new literacies—video gaming, fan fiction writing, weblogging, role play gaming, using websites to participate in affinity practices, memes, and other social activities involving mobile technologies. Second, the studies collectively sample from a wide range of approaches potentially available for researching and studying new literacies from a sociocultural perspective. Readers will come

Authors:Colin Lankshear, Michele Knobel,
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing
Keywords: digital, literacies, new, epistemologies, policies, concepts, practices
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2008-07-01
List price: $33.95
ISBN-10: 1433101696
ISBN-13: 9781433101694

This book brings together a group of internationally-reputed authors in the field of digital literacy. Their essays explore a diverse range of the concepts, policies and practices of digital literacy, and discuss how digital literacy is related to similar ideas: information literacy, computer literacy, media literacy, functional literacy and digital competence. It is argued that in light of this diversity and complexity, it is useful to think of digital literaciesthe plural as well the singular. The first part of the book presents a rich mix of conceptual and policy perspectives; in the second

Authors:Colin Lankshear, Michele Knobel,
Publisher: Open University Press
Keywords: research, teacher, handbook
Number of Pages: 412
Published: 2004-04-01
List price: $66.00
ISBN-10: 0335210643
ISBN-13: 9780335210640

This book provides a comprehensive and detailed approach to teacher research as systematic, methodical and informed practice. It identifies five requirements for all kinds of research, and provides clear and accessible guidelines for teachers to use in conducting their own classroom-based studies. Features: A clear definition of teacher research which insists on more than ‘stories’ and anecdotal ‘retrospectives’ Innovative organisational structure based on the collection and analysis of spoken, written and observed data, with strong emphasis on the design of research projects

Authors:Colin Lankshear, Peter L. McLaren,
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Keywords: teacher, empowerment, school, reform, series, postmodern, literacy, politics, praxis, critical
Number of Pages: 443
Published: 1993-04
List price: $63.50
ISBN-10: 0791412296
ISBN-13: 9780791412299

Authors:Julie Coiro, Michele Knobel, Colin Lankshear, Donald
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: literacies, new, research, handbook
Number of Pages: 1096
Published: 2008-03-10
List price: $245.00
ISBN-10: 080585651X
ISBN-13: 9780805856514

Situated at the intersection of two of the most important areas in educational research today — literacy and technology — this handbook draws on the potential of each while carving out important new territory. It provides leadership for this newly emerging field, directing scholars to the major issues, theoretical perspectives, and interdisciplinary research pertaining to new literacies. Reviews of research are organized into six sections: Methodologies Knowledge and Inquiry Communication Popular Culture, Community, and Citizenship: Everyday Literacies Instructio