Reading youth writing; "new" literacies, cultural studies, & education.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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9781433101779

Reading youth writing; "new" literacies, cultural studies, & education.

Hoechsmann, Michael and Bronwen E. Low.

Peter Lang Publishing Inc

2008

179 pages

$29.95

Paperback

New literacies and digital epistemologies; v.26

HQ796

Hoechsmann and Low (both: integrated studies in education, McGill U., Montreal, Canada) examine and reflect upon some of the range of...

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