Integrating New Literacies in the Elementary School Classroom

Authors

Keywords

new literacies, elementary school classroom, technological advances

College

David O. McKay School of Education

Department

Teacher Education

Abstract

At no time has it been more vital to understand teachers’ knowledge, beliefs, and practices than in the emerging and expanding field of new literacies. New literacies is defined as those social practices that continuously evolve in response to technological advances, which enable persons to question, construct, and participate in both consuming and producing knowledge through interaction with multiple modes of text including image, sound, and gesture. The continual and rapid pace at which information and communications technologies are developed, implemented, and then outdated sets the challenge. If new literacies are to reach their potential for educating the young, then new literacies research must expand to include the voice and experience of the teacher.

Recommended Citation

(2017) "Integrating New Literacies in the Elementary School Classroom," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2017: Iss. 1, Article 312.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2017/iss1/312