Language and Learning in the Digital Age

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James Paul Gee (Arizona State University, USA) Elisabeth R. Hayes (Arizona State University, USA)

Language and Learning in the Digital Age

James Paul Gee (Arizona State University, USA), Elisabeth R. Hayes (Arizona State University, USA)

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Routledge
25 January 2011

linguistics; Literature: history & criticism; Humanities; Media studies; Teaching of a specific subject

In Language and Learning in the Digital Age, linguist James Paul Gee and educator Elisabeth Hayes deal with the forces unleashed by today's digital media, forces that are transforming language and learning for good and ill.

They argue that the role of oral language is almost always entirely misunderstood in debates about digital media. Like the earlier inventions of writing and print, digital media actually power up or enhance the powers of oral language.

Gee and Hayes deal, as well, with current digital transformations of language and literacy in the context of a growing crisis in traditional schooling in developed countries. With the advent of new forms of digital media, children are increasingly drawn towards video games, social media, and alternative ways of learning. Gee and Hayes explore the way in which these alternative methods of learning can be a force for a paradigm change in schooling. This is an engaging, accessible read both for undergraduate and graduate students and for scholars in language, linguistics, education, media and communication studies.

By: James Paul Gee (Arizona State University USA), Elisabeth R. Hayes (Arizona State University, USA)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 470g
ISBN: 9780415602761
ISBN 10: 0415602769
Pages: 168
Publication Date: 25 January 2011
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

James Paul Gee is the Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Professor of Literacy Studies at Arizona State University. He is a member of the National Academy of Education. Elizabeth Hayes is Professor of Education at Arizona State University.