Multimodal Semiotics: Functional Analysis in Contexts of Education

Brief Description: An overview of the new developments and applications of social semiotic theory, pioneered by M. A. K Halliday. Table of Contents: Notes on Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Multimodal Semiotic Analyses and Education / Len Unsworth -- Part One. Semiotics and 3D Space -- 2. Analysing Space: Adapting and Extending Multimodal Frameworks / Louise J. Ravelli -- 3. Space in Discourse / Theo van Leeuwen -- 4. Interpersonal Meaning in 3D Space: How a Bonding Icon Gets Its 'Charge' / Maree Stenglin -- 5. The Interplay of Discourse, Place and Space in Pedagogic Relations / Pauline Jones -- Part Two. Semiotics in Film -- 6. Coherence and Cohesive Harmony in Filmic Text / Chiaoi Tseng -- 7. Metafunctional Analyses of Sound in Film Communication / Betty O. K. Pun -- Part Three. Semiotics in News and Public Media -- 8. Intermodal Relations in Image Nuclear News Stories / Helen Caple -- 9. Online Newspapers and TESOL Classrooms: A Multimodal Perspective / John S. Knox -- 10. Symbolic Constructions in Global Public Visuals: A Pedagogic Framework for Critical Visual Literacy / Jan Connelly -- Part Four. Semiotics in School Curricula -- 11. Literacy Across the School Subjects: A Multimodal Approach / Kristina Love -- 12. Time Visuals in History Textbooks: Some Pedagogic Issues / Beverly Derewianka, Caroline Coffin -- 13. Multimodal Representation of Educational Meanings in Montessori Pedagogy / Susan Feez -- 14. Children's Website Structure and Navigation / Emilia Djonov -- 15. Picturing the Landscape of the Knowledge Society: A Semiotic Point of View on Adolescents' Pictorial Metaphors / Ulla Oksanen -- Index. Review Citations:

Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2009 pg. 263 (EAN 9780826499462, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Unsworth, Len Len Unsworth is Professor in English and Literacies Education in the School of Education at the University of New England in Armidale, Australia. Len was a classroom teacher in Queensland before moving into teacher education at the University of Western Sydney, and then the University of Sydney prior to taking up his present position at the University of New England. As well as an extensive list of journal articles, Len has published a number of books including Literacy learning and teaching (Macmillan, 1993), Researching language in schools and communities (Continuum, 2000) and Teaching multiliteracies across the curriculum (Open University Press, 2001). Angela Thomas is a lecturer in English and Literacy Education at the University of Sydney. She has been a Primary school teacher, Drama and Arts Consultant and Literacy Advisor. Her main area of research is virtual theatre in visual worlds. Alyson Simpson lectures in literacy in the teacher education programs at University of Sydney. Her current research projects include the study of design in interactive learning communities such as: children's online responses to literary texts. Her work aims to extend the successful use of multiliteracies in the classroom. Jennifer Asha is a primary school teacher experienced in teaching students with a wide range of abilities. She holds a Masters degree in English and Literacy Education and shares her passion for conventional and computer based literacies as a guest lecturer and conference speaker. As president of an Australian Literacy Educators Association local council, she leads a group of teachers and librarians interested in promoting the use of conventional and electronic children's literature in the primary classroom.