ABC..NOT as Simple as Do Re Mi: Investigating the Complexities of (Multi)Literacies

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In this course, we will investigate the historical conceptions of literacy as well as the ever-changing meanings of "literacies." As a means to understand these literate "habitudes," we will examine (and practice) the types of communicating capabilities that make life in the 21st century communicative and habitable. We will reflect about our own literacy abilities and what they do for us and then consider the types of literacies that our educational institutions, our workplaces, and our own personal pleasures value so that we can make informed decisions about how to promote literacy acquisition in our classrooms. For the literacy teacher, this course will prepare you to broaden the new horizons of the next generation of composers; for the 21st-century writer, this course will offer you a moment of scholarly pause about your own conceptions, strategies, and "habitudes" of writing.