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Publication Date: 2018
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The Uses of (Digital) Literacy
McDougall, Julian; Readman, Mark; Wilkinson, Philip
Learning, Media and Technology, v43 n3 p263-279 2018
This article shares research facilitated by a multinational technology provider, converging mobile networked technology (tablets) used across school and home, a technology enhanced community 'third space' providing workshops for students aged 6-9 with their parents/carers. The approach taken avoids the instrumental measurement of functional digital literacy competences, but instead seeks to negotiate a more nuanced and complex understanding of the 'uses of literacy' [from Hoggart, R. 1957. "The Uses of Literacy". London: Pelican] in digital contexts and in a deeply situated, specific local setting. Working with our findings, we later put Amartya Sen's concept of capability [Sen, A. K. 2005. "Human Rights and Capabilities." "Journal of Human Development" 6 (2): 151-166; Sen, A. K. 2008. "Capability and Well-Being." In "The Philosophy of Economics", edited by D. M. Hausman, 3rd ed., 270-293. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press] to work on our data in order to provide a discussion on how the digital literacy community might distinguish digital competences as functionings from the 'uses' of such competences for a broader range of capabilities.
Descriptors: Information Technology, Handheld Devices, Elementary School Students, Competence, Technological Literacy, Computer Networks, Workshops, Program Descriptions, Program Design, Foreign Countries, Special Needs Students, Intervention, Parent Participation, Action Research
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)
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