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  • Literacy in the digital age: Learning from computer games

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    Beavis, Catherine
    Apperley, Thomas
    Bradford, Clare
    O'Mara, Joanne
    Walsh, Christopher
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Beavis, Catherine A.
    Year published
    2009
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    Abstract
    The need for literacy and the English curriculum to attend to digital literacies in the twenty-first century is well established. Although studies in digital literacies have examined the inclusion of computer games in schools, there has not been an extended study of English teachers incorporating computer games into their teaching and learning through action research projects. This paper outlines the structure and progress of a research project exploring the uses of computer games in English classrooms. We argue that much can be learned about the teaching of both print and digital literacies from examining computer games and ...
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    The need for literacy and the English curriculum to attend to digital literacies in the twenty-first century is well established. Although studies in digital literacies have examined the inclusion of computer games in schools, there has not been an extended study of English teachers incorporating computer games into their teaching and learning through action research projects. This paper outlines the structure and progress of a research project exploring the uses of computer games in English classrooms. We argue that much can be learned about the teaching of both print and digital literacies from examining computer games and young people's engagement in online digital culture in the world beyond school.
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    Journal Title
    English in Education
    Volume
    43
    Issue
    2
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1754-8845.2009.01035.x
    Copyright Statement
    © 2009 NATE. This is the author-manuscript version of the paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.The definitive version is available at www.interscience.wiley.com
    Subject
    English and Literacy Curriculum and Pedagogy (excl. LOTE, ESL and TESOL)
    Curriculum and Pedagogy
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/29829
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