Situated Language and Learning A Critique of Traditional Schooling

Name: Situated Language and Learning A Critique of Traditional Schooling
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ISBN: 9780415317764

ISBN-10: 0415317762

ISBN-13: 9780415317764

Edition: 2004

Authors: James Paul Gee

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Why do poor and minority students under-perform in school? Do computer games help or hinder learning? What can new research in psychology teach educational policy-makers? In this major new book, James Gee tackles the 'big ideas' about language, literacy and learning, applying his findings to real problems facing educationalists today. He tackles controversial debates such as the New Literacy Studies, and the idea that the academic language required to study, for example, Mathematics and the Sciences, is exclusionary and places unfair demands on poor and minority students. Gee also explores learning outside the classroom, looking at computer and video games and comparing the way a child…

Book details

List price: $51.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 8/25/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 6.18" wide x 9.21" long x 0.35" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

James Paul Gee is Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Professor of Literacy Studies at Arizona State University. He is the author of Social Linguistics and Literacies, a foundational work in the field of New Literacy Studies, and Why Video Games Are Good For Your Soul.




Introduction



A Strange Fact about not Learning to Read



Language and Identity at Home



Stimulations and Bodies



Learning and Gaming



Affinity Spaces



Shape-shifting Portfolio People



A Final Word: The Content Fetish


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