Martha C. Pennington, Robert P. Waxler

Why Reading Books Still Matters (eBook, PDF)

The Power of Literature in Digital Times

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book illustrates the power of literature and human arts to instill social values and foster change. It offers a valuable foundation for the field of literacy education by providing knowledge about the importance of language and literature that educators can use in their own teaching and advocacy work.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. August 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351809078
• Artikelnr.: 49047381

Autorenporträt

Martha C. Pennington is Professorial Research Associate in the Department of Linguistics, School of Oriental and African Studies, and Research Fellow in the Department of Applied Linguistics and Communication, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK.

Robert P. Waxler is Professor of English at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, USA, and cofounder of Changing Lives Through Literature.

Inhaltsangabe

Forward by Jack C. Richards
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1. The Value of a Literate Culture
Chapter 2. A Sketch of our World, Current and Future
Chapter 3. The Digital World
Chapter 4. Living Life Onscreen and Online
Chapter 5. Reading Onscreen and Online
Chapter 6. Education and Literacy in Digital Culture
Chapter 7. How Fiction and Poetry Work Their Magic
Chapter 8. A Closer Look at Reading
Chapter 9. Psychological Effects of Reading Literature
Chapter 10. We Point the Way and Take You Halfway There
Chapter 11. Mapping an Alternative Future