Technology and Literacy in the 21st Century : The Importance of Paying Attention / Cynthia L. Selfe ; with a foreword by Hugh Burns.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Selfe, Cynthia L., 1951-

Series:

Studies in writing & rhetoric.

Studies in writing and rhetoric

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literacy--Social aspects--United States.

Literacy.

Technological literacy--United States.

Technological literacy.

Computers and literacy--United States.

Computers and literacy.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Carbondale, Illinois : Southern Illinois University Press, [1999]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Part critique of existing policy and practice, part call-to-action, Technology and Literacy in the Twenty-First Century explores the complex linkage between technology and literacy that has come to characterize American culture and its public educational system at the end of the twentieth century. To provide a specific case study of this complex cultural formation, award-winning educator Cynthia L. Selfe discusses the Technology Literacy Challenge, an official, federally sponsored literacy project begun in 1996 that has changed-at fundamentally important levels-the definition of literacy and

Contents:

Cover; Studies in Writing & Rhetoric; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword: In the Best Modern Way; Introduction: Paying Attention to the Technology-Literacy Linkage; Part One: A New Literacy Agenda and Its Challenges; 1. Literacy and Technology Linked: The National Project to Expand Technological Literacy; 2. The Problem of Polemic: Representations of Technological Literacy in the Popular Press; Part Two: An Analysis of Social Investment in the New Literacy Agenda; 3. The Role of Government; 4. The Role of Education; 5. The Role of Business and Industry; 6. The Role of Parents

7. The Role of IdeologyPart Three: The Future and Our Responsibility: Sites and Plans for Action and Change; 8. Paying Attention to Technology, Learning about Literacy; 9. Working for Change; Works Cited; Index; Author Biography; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-176) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8093-9093-0

OCLC:

607386853