Multiliteracies: Literacy Learning and the Design of Social Futures

Bill Cope, Mary Kalantzis

Psychology Press, 2000 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 350 pages

Multiliteracies considers the future of literacy teaching in the context of the rapidly changing English language. Questions are raised about what constitutes appropriate literacy teaching in today's world: a world that is both a global village yet one which local diversity is increasingly important.

This is a coherent and accessible overview of the work of the New London Group, with well-known international contributors bringing together their varying national experiences and differences of theoretical and political emphasis. The essays deal with issues such as:

• the fundamental premises of literacy pedagogy
• the effects of technological change
• multilingualism and cultual diversity
• social futures and their implications on language teaching.

The book concludes with case studies of attempts to put the theories into practice and thereby provides a basis for dialogue with fellow educators around the world.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Multiliteracies: Literacy Learning and the Design of Social Futures; Literacies Series
• Editors: Bill Cope, Mary Kalantzis
• Contributor: New London Group
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Psychology Press, 2000
• ISBN: 0415214203, 9780415214209
• Length: 350 pages
• Subjects: Language Arts & Disciplines / General; Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General; Language Arts & Disciplines / Literacy; Language Arts & Disciplines / Study & Teaching; Literary Collections / General; Literary Criticism / General; Social Science / General