Time, space, and text in the elementary school digital writing classroom
Journal article
Mills, Kathy A. and Exley, Beryl. (2014). Time, space, and text in the elementary school digital writing classroom. Written Communication. 31(4), pp. 434-469. https://doi.org/10.1177/0741088314542757
Authors | Mills, Kathy A. and Exley, Beryl |
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Abstract | Theorists of multiliteracies, social semiotics, and the New Literacy Studies have drawn attention to the potential changing nature of writing and literacy in the context of networked communications. This article reports findings from a design-based research project in Year 4 classrooms (students aged 8.5-10 years) in a low socioeconomic status school. A new writing program taught students how to design multimodal and digital texts across a range of genres and text types, such as web pages, online comics, video documentaries, and blogs. The authors use Bernstein’s theory of the pedagogic device to theorize the pedagogic struggles and resolutions in remaking English through the specialization of time, space, and text. The changes created an ideological struggle as new writing practices were adapted from broader societal fields to meet the instructional and regulative discourses of a conventional writing curriculum. |
Keywords | writing; education; communication; New Literacy Studies; pedagogy; Bernstein |
Year | 2014 |
Journal | Written Communication |
Journal citation | 31 (4), pp. 434-469 |
Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc. |
ISSN | 0741-0883 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1177/0741088314542757 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-84910067041 |
Open access | Published as green open access |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 434-469 |
Funder | Australian Research Council (ARC) |
Research Group | Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education (ILSTE) |
Author's accepted manuscript | License All rights reserved File Access Level Open |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 21 Aug 2014 |
ARC Funded Research | This output has been funded, wholly or partially, under the Australian Research Council Act 2001 |
Grant ID | ARC/LP0990289 |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/86v9q/time-space-and-text-in-the-elementary-school-digital-writing-classroom
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