This course opens with an exploration of the social context and aims of literacy teaching and learning. It goes on to describe a range of historical and contemporary approaches to literacy pedagogy, including didactic, authentic, functional, and critical approaches. The course takes has a 'Multiliteracies' perspective, which aims to expand the definition of literacy to encompass today's multimodal communications, and the diversity of literacies across different social and culltural contexts. A Multiliteracies approach also suggests a broad range of activity types—experiential, conceptual, analytical and critical.
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Literacy Teaching and Learning: Aims, Approaches and Pedagogies
University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignAbout this Course
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The Aims of Literacy
Theory and Practice of Literacies Learning and Teaching
Didactic + Authentic Approaches to Literacy
Functional + Critical Approaches to Literacy
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