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This is written for teachers, researchers, and students at all levels of experience. It begins with a review of theory and methods from new literacy studies, narrative analysis, oral history, and life course development. The five literacy narratives at the book's centre are co-authored by undergraduate researchers, and they showcase the kind of findings participatory studies can produce.

This volume is the third in the series produced by the International Jean Gebser Society. The Society is dedicated to the scholarly study of cultures and civilisations across time and the fusion and churning occurring on the planet today. This current volume is comprised of even never-before published works refereed by an editorial board that includes an executive committee of scholars.

This volume is the third in the series produced by the International Jean Gebser Society. The Society is dedicated to the scholarly study of cultures and civilisations across time and the fusion and churning occurring on the planet today. This current volume is comprised of even never-before published works refereed by an editorial board that includes an executive committee of scholars.

Today's teaching environment is one of constantly shifting technologies - some distracting, some truly helpful, all requiring significant investments in time and money. Teaching with Multimedia Volume 2 provides a collection of 12 essays that bring curiosity, scepticism, experience and imagination into the pedagogy/technology debate in a way that guides and inspires.

Divergent thinking tests are given more often than any other test of creativity. They are not actually tests of creativity per se but are instead assessments of creative potential. They are based on sound scientific theory and have been improved many times over the years. This volume describes the theory supporting the use of divergent thinking tests. It also presents specific research findings.

This exemplary set of studies demonstrates how communication activism for social justice scholarship transforms researchers from being spectators who stand outside the stream of human activity to scholar-activists who actively work with diverse groups to confront the significant social justice issues characterizing contemporary life.

Chronicles social media's rapid rise in becoming a powerful "player" in the sports industry and draws upon relevant examples involving athletes and sports organisations to demonstrate both the positive and problematic consequences that social media has created for athletes and sports organisations.

Tells the stories of ten dancers, choreographers, teachers, researchers, and administrators who have made a life in dance. By asking questions about why, how and where people have and are still traveling in pursuit of creating dance, the book reveals the myriad routes and opportunities to remain engaged in the art form that they love.

A variety of discourse modes and composition practice now pervade much of our mediated communication. Digital tools factor heavily in such composition, and increasingly its collaborative character. They also have a bearing on our changing and merging, practices as designers, educators, and researchers. Here these developments are addressed with reference to the core notion of multimodality.

Tells the stories of ten dancers, choreographers, teachers, researchers, and administrators who have made a life in dance. By asking questions about why, how and where people have and are still traveling in pursuit of creating dance, the book reveals the myriad routes and opportunities to remain engaged in the art form that they love.

The essays in this anthology all centre around the premise that the terms writer, teacher, and researcher are inextricably linked. The implications of these statements are reflective of the fact that the field of composition studies is one in which the subject of writing should remain at the forefront of disciplinary conversations.

A variety of discourse modes and composition practice now pervade much of our mediated communication. Digital tools factor heavily in such composition, and increasingly its collaborative character. They also have a bearing on our changing and merging, practices as designers, educators, and researchers. Here these developments are addressed with reference to the core notion of multimodality.

A study of the anthropic epoch and the extinction vortex we are witnessing. Currently a mass extinction of species is occurring. At the same time a mass extinction of languages and cultures is also occurring. These two mass extinctions, biological and cultural, are linked.

Focuses on the relationships between language and consciousness. These essays address dynamic, civilizational relationships within the fields of education, health, community, history, literature, culture, and values, and offer unique perspectives that inform the reader of alternate ways of viewing complex cultural phenomena.