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- Copyright
- © 2014 by Lauri Bohanan Goodling
- ISSN
- 1531-4200
- eISSN
- 1533-6255
- DOI
- 10.1215/15314200-2715859
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
R e v i ew s The Multimodal Turn in Higher Education On Teaching, Assessing, Valuing Multiliteracies Multimodal Literacies and Emerging Genres. Edited by Tracey Bowen and Carl Whithaus. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2013. Lauri Bohanan Goodling Multimodal Literacies and Emerging Genres aims to address the critical role of pedagogy and scholarship in shaping the way academia values multi modality across a variety of disciplines. The history, theory, and pedagogy of multimodality are neatly woven together in this collection, making it us e ful for graduate students training to become teachers and faculty teaching first year composition, as well as department chairs, deans, and any other administrators involved in determining the future transdisciplinary role of multimodality at their institutions. The collection is a continuation of the ongoing discourse surrounding multimodal pedagogy that began nearly two decades ago with the findings of the New London Group (1996), which helped to define multimodal com position. They identified a need for recognizing and adapting pedagogical strategies to address “multiliteracies.” The New London Group’s vision for the “social futures” of our students at that time included “using the school as a site for mass media access and learning; reclaiming
Journal
Pedagogy – Duke University Press
Published: Oct 1, 2014