Language and Learning in the Digital Age

Gee, James Paul

ISBN 10: 0415602769 / ISBN 13: 9780415602761

Published by Routledge, 2011

About this Item

Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; EBAL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 408. . 2011. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Language and Learning in the Digital Age
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415602769
• ISBN 13: 9780415602761
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

In Language and Learning in the Digital Age, linguist James Paul Gee and educator Elisabeth Hayes deal with the forces unleashed by today’s digital media, forces that are transforming language and learning for good and ill.

They argue that the role of oral language is almost always entirely misunderstood in debates about digital media. Like the earlier inventions of writing and print, digital media actually power up or enhance the powers of oral language.

Gee and Hayes deal, as well, with current digital transformations of language and literacy in the context of a growing crisis in traditional schooling in developed countries. With the advent of new forms of digital media, children are increasingly drawn towards video games, social media, and alternative ways of learning. Gee and Hayes explore the way in which these alternative methods of learning can be a force for a paradigm change in schooling.

This is an engaging, accessible read both for undergraduate and graduate students and for scholars in language, linguistics, education, media and communication studies.

About the Author

James Paul Gee is the Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Professor of Literacy Studies at Arizona State University. He is a member of the National Academy of Education.

Elizabeth Hayes is Professor of Education at Arizona State University.