New Literacies around the Globe

<p>The increasing popularity of digitally-mediated communication is prompting us to radically rethink literacy and its role in education; at the same time national policies have promulgated a view of literacy focused on the skills and classroom routines associated with print bolstered by regimes of accountability and assessments. As a result teachers are caught between two competing discourses: one upholding a traditional conception of literacy re-iterated by politicians and policy-makers and the other encouraging a more radical take on 21st century literacies driven by leading edge thinkers and researchers. There is a pressing need for a book which engages researchers in international dialogue around new literacies their implications for policy and practice and how they might articulate across national boundaries.</p><p>Drawing on cutting edge research from the USA Canada UK Australia and South Africa this book is a pedagogical and policy-driven call for change. It explores studies of literacy practices in varied contexts through a refreshingly dialogic style interspersed with commentaries which comment on the significance of the work described for education. The book concludes on the ‘conversation’ developed to identify key recommendations for policy-makers through a Charter for Literacy Education.</p><p>.</p>