New times and new texts : reconceptualising literacy education for the twenty-first century / Moses Samuel and Saratha Sithamparam

New times and new texts : reconceptualising literacy education for the twenty-first century / Moses Samuel and Saratha Sithamparam

This article offers a framework for reconceptualising literacy education in the context of globalisation and technological developments that have impacted the nature of texts and literacy practices. It examines the changing notions of literacy outlining the emergence of new text forms and literacy p...

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Main Authors: Samuel, Moses, Sithamparam, Saratha
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Language:English
Published: Academy of Language Studies & UPENA 2005
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Malaysia
Online Access:http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/11453/
http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/11453/1/AJ_MOSES%20SAMUEL%20JOLS%2005.pdf
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spelling uitm-114532016-07-28T08:06:57Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/11453/ New times and new texts : reconceptualising literacy education for the twenty-first century / Moses Samuel and Saratha Sithamparam Samuel, Moses Sithamparam, Saratha Malaysia Malaysia This article offers a framework for reconceptualising literacy education in the context of globalisation and technological developments that have impacted the nature of texts and literacy practices. It examines the changing notions of literacy outlining the emergence of new text forms and literacy practices in the postindustrial era of new times. This sets the stage for a discussion of the implications for literacy education in the twenty-first century. The article argues for a rethinking of the goals of literacy education as well as pedagogical approaches and the kinds of texts that need to feature if school is to the prepare the learner for real world literacy practices. Academy of Language Studies & UPENA 2005 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/11453/1/AJ_MOSES%20SAMUEL%20JOLS%2005.pdf Samuel, Moses and Sithamparam, Saratha (2005) New times and new texts : reconceptualising literacy education for the twenty-first century / Moses Samuel and Saratha Sithamparam. Journal of Language Studies, 1. pp. 41-52. ISSN 1823-6154
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New times and new texts : reconceptualising literacy education for the twenty-first century / Moses Samuel and Saratha Sithamparam
description This article offers a framework for reconceptualising literacy education in the context of globalisation and technological developments that have impacted the nature of texts and literacy practices. It examines the changing notions of literacy outlining the emergence of new text forms and literacy practices in the postindustrial era of new times. This sets the stage for a discussion of the implications for literacy education in the twenty-first century. The article argues for a rethinking of the goals of literacy education as well as pedagogical approaches and the kinds of texts that need to feature if school is to the prepare the learner for real world literacy practices.
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title New times and new texts : reconceptualising literacy education for the twenty-first century / Moses Samuel and Saratha Sithamparam
title_short New times and new texts : reconceptualising literacy education for the twenty-first century / Moses Samuel and Saratha Sithamparam
title_full New times and new texts : reconceptualising literacy education for the twenty-first century / Moses Samuel and Saratha Sithamparam
title_fullStr New times and new texts : reconceptualising literacy education for the twenty-first century / Moses Samuel and Saratha Sithamparam
title_full_unstemmed New times and new texts : reconceptualising literacy education for the twenty-first century / Moses Samuel and Saratha Sithamparam
title_sort new times and new texts : reconceptualising literacy education for the twenty-first century / moses samuel and saratha sithamparam
publisher Academy of Language Studies & UPENA
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