CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Transforming literacies: Youth culture, new media and social change
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TEACHERS OF ENGLISH
ASSEMBLY FOR RESEARCH
FEBRUARY 20, 21, AND 22, 2003
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
We invite proposals that address the following topics, issues, and questions:
Forging connections between new literacies, new media, youth culture and
social activism
(1) In the 21st century and in an era of globalization, what are the
meanings of and possibilities for conceptualizing literacies as transformative?
(2) What relationships exist or might be fostered among new
technologies, new literacies and education for social justice? Between new
media, literacy, and youth activism?
(3) What relationships can we forge between "new" and "old"
literacies? What are the tensions and possibilities between notions of
literacy connected to new media and notions associated with school-based
literacy? How do we understand these relationships locally and also
internationally?
(4) How do new media and various forms of signification allow for or
constrain the creation of new meanings in educational settings?
The role of youth culture in re-visioning and transforming conceptions of
literacy, education, teaching and learning
(5) How can and do youth culture, new media and literacies transform
educational practices in and out of school?
(6) What are some ways in which youth can become co-participants in
research on literacies, new media and social change?
(7) What are some possible impacts of youth culture and globalization
on teaching, learning and re-imagining literacy and language practices?
(8) How do new media shape understandings and perceptions of youth
culture? How do these expand or limit young people's sense of selves and
possibilities, particularly in terms of race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality?
The relationships between new literacies and current educational contexts
(9) How do teachers foster literacies in transformative ways in the
face of institutional, federal and state mandates around testing, teaching
and curriculum?
(10) What are the implications of new technologies for reading and
writing instruction in schools?
(11) What kinds of spaces in and out of school can support youth to
appropriate new technologies and create new literacies?
(12) What kinds of space are opened up via new media and multiple
literacies for young people to perform different identities? What are the
implications of these spaces in terms of social justice? How do these
spaces affect educational settings, such as schools?
GUIDELINES FOR PROPOSALS
Transforming literacies: Youth culture, new media and social change
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TEACHERS OF ENGLISH
ASSEMBLY FOR RESEARCH
FEBRUARY 20, 21, AND 22, 2003
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
PRESENTATION SUMMARY
Proposals should include a cover page (directions below) plus no more than
2 single-spaced pages addressing the following: (1) Focus of the
presentation/background of the problem; (2) connections to research and/or
theoretical literature(s); (3) research question(s) and research
methods/methodology; (4) findings/issues/questions for discussion, as well
as how the research contributes to the conference conversation.
COVER PAGE
1. Biographical information for all presenters, including:
* Name(s)
* Affiliation(s)
* Mailing address(es)
* Telephone number(s)
* E-mail address(es)
2. Title of presentation
3. Abstract of paper (200 word limit)
4. Audio-visual requests (overheads, TV/VCRs supplied without charge
and upon request) Computers and LCD projectors equipment are not provided
and must be brought by presenters.
REVIEW PROCESS
Review criteria will include the quality of the proposal and the degree to
which it addresses the conference theme.
DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF PROPOSALS
Proposals must be received by September 15, 2003
Submit proposals via email to conference co-chair Katherine Schultz:
kathys@gse.upenn.edu
Address questions to conference co-chairs Katherine Schultz
(kathys@gse.upenn.edu) or Glynda Hull: (glynda@socrates.berkeley.edu).
Conference Co-Chairs:
Katherine Schultz Glynda Hull
Graduate School of Education Graduate School of Education
University of Pennsylvania University of California, Berkeley
3700 Walnut Street 5629 Tolman Hall #1670
Philadelphia, PA 19104 Berkeley, CA 94720
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