Teaching, learning, literacy in our high-risk high-tech world
Subtitle: a framework for becoming human
By: James Paul Gee
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
ISBN-13: 9780807758601
Subjects: Holistic education; Learning; Educational psychology; Social aspects; Education; Technology; Literacy
Description: This is a profound look at learning, language, and literacy. It is also about brains and bodies. And it is about talk, texts, media, and society. These topics, though usually studied in different narrow academic silos, are all part of one highly interactive process--human development. Gee argues that children will need to be resilient, imaginative, hopeful, and deliberate learners to survive the deeply complex and unpredictable world in which they live. In a world beset by conflicting ideologies that give rise to hatred, violence, and war, Gee urges us to look to a broader set of ideas from seemingly unrelated disciplines for a viable vision of education. This book proposes a framework of principles that can be used to reconceptualize education, specifically literacy education, to better prepare students to be collaborators toward peace and sustainability. -- Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 162-171) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Leaping Across the Silos; title: Experience and Perspectives; title: Memory and Imagination; title: Play and Talk; title: Talk and Language Development; title: Identity and Activity; title: Identities; title: The Pareto Principle and Indentities; title: Relational Identities; title: Affinity Space; title: New Affinity Spaces; title: Who Are We?; title: Frameworks and Reflective Discussions.