From word to world: a multiliteracies approach to language, literacy and communication for curriculum 2005
| dc.contributor.author | Lamberti, Pia | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-04-30T12:07:52Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-04-30T12:07:52Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-04-30 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This research report explores the relationship between two literacy curriculum reform projects, one global and the other local, which emerged at the same time. The former is the Multiliteracies approach, which is based on the concept of multiple literacies, the latter is the new language and literacy curriculum in South Africa. Taking the form of constructive comparative textual analysis, which shows how the local and global approaches to literacy pedagogy under examination articulate with each other, the research report aims to extend rather than criticise the work of South African curriculum designers. The research report argues that the local literacy curriculum reform initiative lacks a coherent theoretical framework, and therefore does not provide the foundational principles which are required for guiding implementation of what is seen as a paradigm shift in literacy education in South Africa, It proposes that since the Multiliteracies approach offers an overarching theory of text and a pedagogy, neither of which is inconsistent with what is presently proposed in the Language, Literacy and Communication curriculum, there is a case for inscribing Multiliteracies theory and pedagogy on to the new Language, Literacy and Communication curriculum framework in order to facilitate coherence and consistency at the level of interpretation and implementation. It suggests that the adoption of the Multiliteracies approach may offer a way of avoiding the collapse, at the level of implementation, of the principles o f Curriculum 2005, and of ensuring that the new Language, Literacy and Communication curriculum in South Africa can truly be described as a paradigm shift. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net10539/14633 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
| dc.title | From word to world: a multiliteracies approach to language, literacy and communication for curriculum 2005 | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_ZA |