Extended–-and Extending–-Literacies. Issue 3 (October 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Moje, Elizabeth Birr; Ellison, Tisha Lewis
• Is Part Of: Journal of education. Volume 196:Issue 3(2016)
• Page Start: 27
• Page End: 34
• Publication Date: 2016-10
• Subjects: Education -- Periodicals; Education -- New England -- Periodicals; Education; New England; Periodicals; 370.5
• DOI: 10.1177/002205741619600305
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-0574

Abstract

We examine the impact of Becoming a Nation of Readers: The Report of the Commission on Reading (BNR) (Anderson, Hiebert, Scott, & Wilkinson, 1985) with the idea of extending literacy learning beyond the early grades, describing present-day conceptions of secondary-school literacy learning, and calling to further extend the concept of extended literacy. In particular, we consider the ways that sociocultural theories of reading and 'new literacies' extend the field's thinking about literacy beyond the classroom/school to include 'everyday' literacy settings. Finally, we examine how the concept of extended literacy can be understood as extending conceptions of what it means to read, particularly in an age of digital tools and easy access to information.