This book provides an introduction to poststructural and posthumanist theories in order to imagine new possibilities for expanding literacy education. The authors put to work these theories in the context of an elementary school classroom, examining literacy-based activities that occur as students participate with materials in a multimedia writers' studio. Focusing on literacy processes, the book emphasizes the fluid and sometimes unintentional ways multimodal artifacts come into being through intra-actions with human and nonhuman materials. Because these theories emphasize the unplanned, nonlinear aspects of literacy, the authors demonstrate an approach to literacy that works against the grain of standardization and rigid curricular models. Go Be a Writer! reveals that when educators appreciate the value of unscripted intra-actions they allow for more authentic learning.
| ISBN: | 9780807757758 |
| Publication date: | 15th April 2016 |
| Author: | Candace R Kuby, Tara Gutshall Rucker |
| Publisher: | Teachers College Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 256 pages |
| Series: | Language and Literacy Series |
| Genres: |
Educational strategies and policy Pre-school and kindergarten Teaching skills and techniques |
This book provides an introduction to poststructural and posthumanist theories in order to imagine new possibilities for expanding literacy education. The authors put to work these theories in the context of an elementary school classroom, examining literacy-based activities that occur as students participate with materials in a multimedia writers' studio. Focusing on literacy processes, the book emphasizes the fluid and sometimes unintentional ways multimodal artifacts come into being through intra-actions with human and nonhuman materials. Because these theories emphasize the unplanned, nonlinear aspects of literacy, the authors demonstrate an approach to literacy that works against the grain of standardization and rigid curricular models. Go Be a Writer! reveals that when educators appreciate the value of unscripted intra-actions they allow for more authentic learning.
Go Be a Writer! features in the following genres: Educational strategies and policy, Pre-school and kindergarten, Teaching skills and techniques
Go Be a Writer! is available in Hardback, Paperback
Go Be a Writer! was written by Candace R Kuby, Tara Gutshall Rucker and published by Teachers College Press
Go Be a Writer! has 256 pages
Yes it is part of Language and Literacy Series series