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:

1 online resource (204 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colorado : Utah State University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

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:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Locating Reading in Composition Studies; 2. Perceptions of Literacy; 3. Reading in a Culture of Acceleration; 4. Directing Attention: Multitasking, Foraging, Oscillating; 5. Reading-Writing Connections; Conclusion; Appendix; References; About the Author; Index

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781492000648

1492000647

9780874219333

0874219337

OCLC:

876736163