This trans-disciplinary course is based in a multiliteracies framework. It takes account of the impact on education of increasingly diverse societies, and the escalating variety of text forms and practices. Students apply a socio critical lens to examine issues of power and access while developing the skills, processes and understandings necessary to engage with and critically understand multimodal text forms. The course poses a series of questions: What are multiliteracies and literacies? In what sense is numeracy a literate practice? What are the text forms functions and modes valued by communities involved in education from various contexts, How do multimodal texts influence the... -- Course Website
