Why Multimodal Literacy Matters : (Re)conceptualizing Literacy and Wellbeing through Singing-Infused Multimodal, Intergenerational Curricula / by Rachel Heydon, Susan O’Neill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heydon, Rachel., Author.

O’Neill, Susan., Author.

Series:

Education Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education.

Local Subjects:

Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XII, 156 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2016.

Place of Publication:

Rotterdam : SensePublishers : Imprint: SensePublishers, 2016.

Summary:

Literacy research has focused increasingly on the social, cultural, and material remaking of human communication. Such research has generated new knowledge about the diverse and interconnected modes and media through which people can and do make meaning and opened up definitions of literacy to include image, gaze, gesture, print, speech, and music. And yet, despite all of the attention to multimodality, questions remain that are fundamental to why multimodal literacy might matter to people and their communities. How, for instance, might multimodal literacy be implicated in wellbeing? And what of the little-researched sonic in multimodal ensembles? For centuries singing, as a basic form of human communication and tool for teaching and learning, has been used to share knowledge and pass on understandings of the world from one generation to another. What, however, are the implications of singing and its effects on people’s prospects for learning and making meaning together? In this thought-provoking book, the authors explore notions of wellbeing and what is created when skipped generations are brought together through singing-infused multimodal, intergenerational curricula. They argue for the import of singing as a multimodal literacy practice and unite theoretical ideas, practical tools, and empirical research findings from a ground-breaking seven-year study of intergenerational singing in multimodal curricula. Educators and researchers alike will find in the pages of this interdisciplinary book responses to the question of why multimodal literacy might matter and a sample curriculum designed to foster the expansion of people’s literacy and identity options across the lifespan.

Contents:

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Introduction

The Point of Departure for Why Multimodal Literacy Matters

Wellbeing, Literacy, and Singing: Literature Connections

Intergenerational Multimodal Singing-Infused Curriculum

Intergenerational Contact and Intergenerational Programs

Foundations for the Curriculum

The Study

The Scene of the Program

The Curriculum

The Lessons

Towards a (Re)conceptualization of Wellbeing through Singing-Infused Multimodal, Intergenerational Curriculum

Affordances and Constraints of the Curriculum

Revisiting Wellbeing

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

94-6300-707-5

OCLC:

965157361