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Multiliteracy

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Multiliteracies is a term coined in the mid-1990s by the New London Group, Information Habitat wiki, Michigan State University and is an approach to literacy theory and pedagogy. [1]

37 relations: Aesthetic Journalism, Allan Luke, Applied linguistics, Authentic learning, Bill Cope (academic), Comics studies, Communication, Cultural diversity, Digital media, English language, Globalization, Gunther Kress, Higher education, Immigration, Indigenous education, Internet, James Paul Gee, Language, List of dialects of the English language, Literacy, Mary Kalantzis, Meaning-making, Media literacy, Metalanguage, Michigan State University, Multimedia, National language, Norman Fairclough, Numeracy, Pedagogy, Reflective practice, Semiotics, Simulation, Standard English, Vernacular, Visual literacy, World language.

Aesthetic Journalism

Aesthetic Journalism: How to Inform Without Informing is a book by Italian writer, curator and artist Alfredo Cramerotti.

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Allan Luke

Allan Luke is an educator, researcher, and theorist studying literacy, multiliteracies, applied linguistics, and educational sociology and policy.

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Applied linguistics

Applied linguistics is an interdisciplinary field of linguistics which identifies, investigates, and offers solutions to language-related real-life problems.

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Authentic learning

In education, authentic learning is an instructional approach that allows students to explore, discuss, and meaningfully construct concepts and relationships in contexts that involve real-world problems and projects that are relevant to the learner.

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Bill Cope (academic)

William "Bill" Cope (born 1957) is an Australian academic, author and educational theorist who is currently a Research Professor in the Department of Educational Policy Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, He has also been the Managing Director of Common Ground Publishing since 1984.

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Comics studies

Comics studies (also comic(s) art studies, sequential art studies or graphic narrative studies) is an academic field that focuses on comics and sequential art.

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Communication

Communication (from Latin commūnicāre, meaning "to share") is the act of conveying intended meanings from one entity or group to another through the use of mutually understood signs and semiotic rules.

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Cultural diversity

Cultural diversity is the quality of diverse or different cultures, as opposed to monoculture, the global monoculture, or a homogenization of cultures, akin to cultural decay.

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Digital media

Digital media are any media that are encoded in machine-readable formats.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now a global lingua franca.

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Globalization

Globalization or globalisation is the process of interaction and integration between people, companies, and governments worldwide.

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Gunther Kress

Gunther Rolf Kress MBE (born 26 November 1940) is Professor of Semiotics and Education in the Department of Culture, Communication and Media Within the Institute of Education of University College London, University of London.

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Higher education

Higher education (also called post-secondary education, third-level or tertiary education) is an optional final stage of formal learning that occurs after completion of secondary education.

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Immigration

Immigration is the international movement of people into a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle or reside there, especially as permanent residents or naturalized citizens, or to take up employment as a migrant worker or temporarily as a foreign worker.

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Indigenous education

Indigenous education specifically focuses on teaching indigenous knowledge, models, methods, and content within formal or non-formal educational systems.

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Internet

The Internet is the global system of interconnected computer networks that use the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to link devices worldwide.

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James Paul Gee

James Gee (born April 15, 1948) is an American researcher who has worked in psycholinguistics, discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, bilingual education, and literacy.

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Language

Language is a system that consists of the development, acquisition, maintenance and use of complex systems of communication, particularly the human ability to do so; and a language is any specific example of such a system.

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List of dialects of the English language

This is an overview list of dialects of the English language.

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Literacy

Literacy is traditionally meant as the ability to read and write.

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Mary Kalantzis

Professor Mary Kalantzis (born 1949) is an Australian author and academic, who is Dean of the College of Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the United States.

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Meaning-making

In psychology, meaning-making is the process of how people construe, understand, or make sense of life events, relationships, and the self.

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Media literacy

Media literacy encompasses the practices that allow people to access, critically evaluate, and create media.

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Metalanguage

Broadly, any metalanguage is language or symbols used when language itself is being discussed or examined.

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Michigan State University

Michigan State University (MSU) is a public research university in East Lansing, Michigan, United States.

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Multimedia

Multimedia is content that uses a combination of different content forms such as text, audio, images, animations, video and interactive content.

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National language

A national language is a language (or language variant, e.g. dialect) that has some connection—de facto or de jure—with people and the territory they occupy.

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Norman Fairclough

Norman Fairclough (born 1941) is an emeritus Professor of Linguistics at Lancaster University.

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Numeracy

Numeracy is the ability to reason and to apply simple numerical concepts.

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Pedagogy

Pedagogy is the discipline that deals with the theory and practice of teaching and how these influence student learning.

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Reflective practice

Reflective practice is the ability to reflect on one's actions so as to engage in a process of continuous learning.

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Semiotics

Semiotics (also called semiotic studies) is the study of meaning-making, the study of sign process (semiosis) and meaningful communication.

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Simulation

Simulation is the imitation of the operation of a real-world process or system.

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Standard English

Standard English (SE) is the variety of English language that is used as the national norm in an English-speaking country, especially as the language for public and formal usage.

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Vernacular

A vernacular, or vernacular language, is the language or variety of a language used in everyday life by the common people of a specific population.

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Visual literacy

Visual literacy is the ability to interpret, negotiate, and make meaning from information presented in the form of an image, extending the meaning of literacy, which commonly signifies interpretation of a written or printed text.

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World language

A world language is a language that is spoken internationally and is learned and spoken by a large number of people as a second language.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiliteracy

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