Looking at the Next 20 Years of Multiliteracies: A Discussion with Allan Luke

In this discussion with literacies researcher Allan Luke, the New London Group Member reflects on the role of multiliteracies in shaping literacies research and the continuing changes to technology, capitalism, and learning. Focused on looking toward future advances in literacies research, Luke refl...

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Published in:Theory into practice 2018-01, Vol.57 (1), p.72-78
Main Authors: Garcia, Antero, Luke, Allan, Seglem, Robyn
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
College Faculty
Education policy
Educational Change
Educational Policy
Educational Research
Educational Theories
Information Technology
Learning
Learning Processes
Literacy
Literacy Education
Multiple Literacies
Political Attitudes
Politics
Power Structure
Role
Social Change
Teacher Attitudes
Teaching Methods
Theory Practice Relationship
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Summary:In this discussion with literacies researcher Allan Luke, the New London Group Member reflects on the role of multiliteracies in shaping literacies research and the continuing changes to technology, capitalism, and learning. Focused on looking toward future advances in literacies research, Luke reflects on the role of multiliteracies in contemporary educational policy and how this work is shaping literacy scholarship and practice today. Luke looks pragmatically at the current political landscape and emphasizes how colonial practices of technology over the past twenty years bend literacies research away from the initial optimism expressed by the New London Group. At the same time, Luke grounds contemporary literacies interpretations of technology and learning in foundational critical theorist like Freire, Illich, and Dewey. By focusing on how technology has changed schooling, power, and literacies, Luke considers what challenges loom for the theory and practice of powerful, equitable literacies in the next two decades.
ISSN:0040-5841
1543-0421
DOI:10.1080/00405841.2017.1390330