Countering a ‘Back-to-Basics’ Approach to Teacher Education: Multiliteracies and On-Line Discussions in a Community of Practice
Aiming to extend sociocultural theory about literacy education in teacher programs, this article reports on results from a qualitative study conducted in a Western Australian university. The project tracked a group of initial teacher and graduate education students collaborating in on-line discussio...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Language and Literacy Researchers of Canada
2015-01-01
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| Series: | Language and Literacy: A Canadian Educational e-journal |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/langandlit/index.php/langandlit/article/view/21545 |
| Summary: | Aiming to extend sociocultural theory about literacy education in teacher programs, this article reports on results from a qualitative study conducted in a Western Australian university. The project tracked a group of initial teacher and graduate education students collaborating in on-line discussion embedded in a literacy course. The article focuses on how one pre-service teacher constructed situated identities and understandings about literacy as she interacted on-line with peers and the course instructor in a community of practice (Lave & Wenger, 1991). Suggestions are provided for designing on-line CoPs that consider power and an expanded definition of literacies. |
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| ISSN: | 1496-0974 |