Literacy is a skill that begets other skills (Heckman, 2000). Although traditionally thought of having the capacity to read and write only, literacy is now understood to involve a variety of forms of communication and communicative tools such as oral communication and technology. To develop literacy effectively, these various forms and tools should be used to equip students with the ability to decode, analyse, understand social purposes and form critical views (Henderson, 2012). The main frames for literacy learning are the multiliteracies pedagogy by the New London Group and the four resources model by Freebody and Luke.
In order to keep students engaged in literacy, it is important to use different forms of literature that are relevant and interesting to them. This is known as the multi-literacies approach. It uses multimodal learning involving gestural, spacial, audio, visual and linguistic representations (New London Group, 1996). Some examples are digital storytelling, creating and sharing films and music videos, classroom blogs, performing skits. This also includes traditional forms such as news articles, novels and discussions. To maximize learning, these forms can be used with topics that connect students with the outside world. There are four components to multiliteracies pedagogy: situated practice, overt instruction, critical framing and transformed practice. Though all components of multiliteracies pedagogy ought to be incorporated for effective teaching, this website willfocus predominately on overt instruction and situated practice.
In order to keep students engaged in literacy, it is important to use different forms of literature that are relevant and interesting to them. This is known as the multi-literacies approach. It uses multimodal learning involving gestural, spacial, audio, visual and linguistic representations (New London Group, 1996). Some examples are digital storytelling, creating and sharing films and music videos, classroom blogs, performing skits. This also includes traditional forms such as news articles, novels and discussions. To maximize learning, these forms can be used with topics that connect students with the outside world. There are four components to multiliteracies pedagogy: situated practice, overt instruction, critical framing and transformed practice. Though all components of multiliteracies pedagogy ought to be incorporated for effective teaching, this website willfocus predominately on overt instruction and situated practice.