Multimodal Literacy in School Science: Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Theory, Research and Pedagogy...

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Len Unsworth (Australian Catholic University, Australia) Russell Tytler

Multimodal Literacy in School Science

Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Theory, Research and Pedagogy

Len Unsworth (Australian Catholic University, Australia), Russell Tytler, Lisl Fenwick , Sally Humphrey

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Routledge
29 January 2024

Educational strategies & policy; Secondary schools; Teaching of a specific subject

This book establishes a new theoretical and practical framework for multimodal disciplinary literacy (MDL) fused with the subject-specific science pedagogies of senior high school biology, chemistry and physics. It builds a compatible alignment of multiple representation and representation construction approaches to science pedagogy with the social semiotic, systemic functional linguistic-based approaches to explicit teaching of disciplinary literacy.

The early part of the book explicates the transdisciplinary negotiated theoretical underpinning of the MDL framework, followed by the research-informed repertoire of learning experiences that are then articulated into a comprehensive framework of options for the planning of classroom work. Practical adoption and adaptation of the framework in biology, chemistry and physics classrooms are detailed in separate chapters. The latter chapters indicate the impact of the collaborative research on teachers' professional learning and students’ multimodal disciplinary literacy engagement, concluding with proposals for accommodating emerging developments in MDL in an ever-changing digital communication world.

The MDL framework is designed to enable teachers to develop all students' disciplinary literacy competencies. This book will be of interest to researchers, teacher educators and postgraduate students in the field of science education. It will also have appeal to those in literacy education and social semiotics.

The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

By: Len Unsworth (Australian Catholic University Australia), Russell Tytler, Lisl Fenwick, Sally Humphrey, Paul Chandler
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032191065
ISBN 10: 1032191066
Pages: 268
Publication Date: 29 January 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Adult education , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Len Unsworth is Professor in English and Literacies Education and Research Director in Educational Semiotics and Literacy Pedagogy at the Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education, Australian Catholic University. Russell Tytler is Alfred Deakin Professor and Chair in Science Education at Deakin University, Melbourne, and Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences Australia. Lisl Fenwick is Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of South Australia. Sally Humphrey is Senior Lecturer in Education at the Australian Catholic University. Paul Chandler is Senior Lecturer in Education at the Australian Catholic University. Michele Herrington is Research Fellow in Education at the Australian Catholic University. Lam Pham is Lecturer in Medical Education in the Faculty of Health, Deakin University.