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Comics, The Canon, And The Classroom, James Carter
Comics, The Canon, And The Classroom, James Carter
James B Carter
This chapter, which explores what I call the canon-curriculum-culture connection in terms of comics and graphic novels, also offers definitions of the augmental and supplemental approaches to using graphic novels in the classroom. The link is to the "Google Books" version of the paper, which begins on page 47 of the book.
Mobile Phones For Learning In Mainstream Schooling: Resistance And Change, Elizabeth Hartnell-Young
Mobile Phones For Learning In Mainstream Schooling: Resistance And Change, Elizabeth Hartnell-Young
Dr Elizabeth Hartnell-Young
This paper, based on empirical research, considers how structure and agency together reproduce the social practices surrounding mobile phone use in secondary schools in the United Kingdom. Many schools have policies banning their use in class, reflecting and supporting the dominant social construction of mobile phones as tools for social use, but not for learning. This study aimed to understand how mobile phones could support learning in secondary schools, and identified activities across many subject areas and year levels. It also showed that hands-on experience had a positive effect on students’ attitudes to mobile phones for learning in school. The …