Technology and Literacy in the 21st Century : The Importance of Paying Attention

Part critique of existing policy and practice, part call-to-action, Technology and Literacy in the Twenty-First Century explores the complex linkage between technology and literacy that has come to characterize American culture and its public educational system at the end of the twentieth century. T...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Selfe, Cynthia L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 1999.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Technological literacy.
Literacy > Social aspects.
Computers and literacy.
EDUCATION > Organizations & Institutions.
EDUCATION > Administration > General.
Culture technologique > États-Unis.
Ordinateurs et alphabetisation.
Literacy > Social aspects > United States.
Technological literacy > United States.
Computers and literacy > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Studies in Writing & Rhetoric; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword: In the Best Modern Way; Introduction: Paying Attention to the Technology-Literacy Linkage; Part One: A New Literacy Agenda and Its Challenges; 1. Literacy and Technology Linked: The National Project to Expand Technological Literacy; 2. The Problem of Polemic: Representations of Technological Literacy in the Popular Press; Part Two: An Analysis of Social Investment in the New Literacy Agenda; 3. The Role of Government; 4. The Role of Education; 5. The Role of Business and Industry; 6. The Role of Parents.
  • 7. The Role of IdeologyPart Three: The Future and Our Responsibility: Sites and Plans for Action and Change; 8. Paying Attention to Technology, Learning about Literacy; 9. Working for Change; Works Cited; Index; Author Biography; Back Cover.

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