Chasing literacy : reading and writing in an age of acceleration / Daniel Keller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Keller, Daniel, 1977-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reading.

Information technology.

Literacy.

Physical Description:

viii, 193 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Logan : Utah State University Press, [2014]

Summary:

"Arguing that composition should renew its interest in reading pedagogy and research, Chasing Literacy offers writing instructors and literacy scholars a framework for understanding and responding to the challenges posed by the proliferation of interactive and multimodal communication technologies in the twenty-first century.Employing case-study research of student reading practices, Keller explores reading-writing connections in new media contexts. He identifies a culture of acceleration--a gathering of social, educational, economic, and technological forces that reinforce the values of speed, efficiency, and change--and challenges educators to balance new "faster" literacies with traditional "slower" literacies. In addition, Keller details four significant features of contemporary literacy that emerged from his research: accumulation and curricular choices; literacy perceptions; speeds of rhetoric; and speeds of reading.Chasing Literacy outlines a new reading pedagogy that will help students gain versatile, dexterous approaches to both reading and writing and makes a significant contribution to this emerging area of interest in composition theory and practice"-- Provided by publisher.

"Arguing that composition should renew its interest in reading pedagogy and research, Chasing Literacy offers writing instructors and literacy scholars a framework for understanding and responding to the challenges posed by the proliferation of interactive and multimodal communication technologies in the twenty-first century. Employing case-study research of student reading practices, Keller explores reading-writing connections in new media contexts. He identifies a culture of acceleration--a gathering of social, educational, economic, and technological forces that reinforce the values of speed, efficiency, and change--and challenges educators to balance new "faster" literacies with traditional "slower" literacies. In addition, Keller details four significant features of contemporary literacy that emerged from his research: accumulation and curricular choices; literacy perceptions; speeds of rhetoric; and speeds of reading. Chasing Literacy outlines a new reading pedagogy that will help students gain versatile, dexterous approaches to both reading and writing and makes a significant contribution to this emerging area of interest in composition theory and practice"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Locating Reading in Composition Studies 16

2 Perceptions of Literacy 39

3 Reading in a Culture of Acceleration 67

4 Directing Attention: Multitasking, Foraging, Oscillating 99

5 Reading-Writing Connections 127.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 174-183) and index.

ISBN:

9780874219326

0874219329

9780874219333

0874219337

OCLC:

852222391