The present is a time of major change in the world of higher education. Conceptions of knowledge and learning as well as course provision are being powerfully altered by current socio-political agendas, constantly evolving technology, demographic developments. The question of identity and its construction in narrative are central to reflection on these issues. Indeed the construction of multimodal/hybridized narratives involves discoursal processes where perceptions of culture and identity, attitudinal and evaluative stances are represented, negotiated, marginalized, transformed.
This volume presents a rich variety of perspectives on verbal/visual narrative texts in higher education coming from Europe, North America, South Africa, China and Australia. It includes case studies and original research from a wide spectrum of disciplinary domains (political science, law, medicine, biology, ICT, teacher education) set in a range of different education contexts (online communities and classrooms; native-speaker/nonnative-speaker, intercultural and multilingual/multiethnic milieus).
| ISBN: | 9783039116720 |
| Publication date: | 4th August 2008 |
| Author: | Sandra Campagna, Michelangelo Conoscenti, Martin Solly |
| Publisher: | Peter Lang an imprint of Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 384 pages |
| Series: | Linguistic Insights |
| Genres: |
Language acquisition Educational: Modern (non-native or second) languages: Language learning Language learning: grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation Literary studies: general Communication studies Educational strategies and policy Higher education, tertiary education Study and learning skills: general |