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Countering a ‘Back-to-Basics’ approach to teacher education: Multiliteracies and On-Line discussions in a community of practice
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Countering a ‘Back-to-Basics’ approach to teacher education: Multiliteracies and On-Line discussions in a community of practice

W. Cumming-Potvin and K. Sanford
Language and Literacy: A Canadian Educational e-journal, Vol.17(1), pp.21-41
2015
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Abstract

Aiming to extend sociocultural theory about literacy education in teacher programs, this article reports on results from a qualitative study conducted in a Western Australian university. The project tracked a group of initial teacher and graduate education students collaborating in on-line discussion embedded in a literacy course. The article focuses on how one pre-service teacher constructed situated identities and understandings about literacy as she interacted on-line with peers and the course instructor in a community of practice (Lave & Wenger, 1991). Suggestions are provided for designing on-line CoPs that consider power and an expanded definition of literacies.

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