Situated language and learning : a critique of traditional schooling /

Tackles the big ideas about language, literacy and learning. Why do poor and minority students under-perform in school? Do computer games help or hinder learning? What can new research in psychology teach our educational policy makers?

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gee, James Paul
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2004.
Series:Literacies.
Online Access:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=140811
Table of Contents:
  • A strange fact about not learning to read
  • Language and identity at home
  • Simulations and bodies
  • Learning and gaming
  • Affinity spaces
  • Shape-shifting portfolio people
  • A final word : The content fetish.