ABSTRACT

This volume takes a broad view of multimodality as it applies to a wide range of subject areas, curriculum design, and classroom processes to examine the ways in which multiple modes combine in contemporary classrooms and its subsequent impact on student learning. Grounded in a systemic functional linguistic framework and featuring contributions from scholars across educational and multimodal research, the book begins with a historical overview of multimodality’s place in Western education and then moves to a discussion of the challenges and rewards of integrating multimodal texts and ever-evolving technologies in a variety of settings, include primary, language, music, early childhood, Montessori, and online classrooms. As a state of the art of teaching and learning through different modalities in different educational contexts, this book is an indispensable resource for students and scholars in applied linguistics, multimodality, and language education.

chapter |6 pages

Introduction

chapter 3|17 pages

Pedagogy, Curriculum and Assessment

Multimodal Practices That Engage Students With and in Learning

chapter 5|19 pages

The Multimodal Classroom in the Digital Age

The Use of 360 Degree Videos for Online Teaching and Learning

chapter 6|12 pages

Writing, Talking and Drawing About Music

Exploring Modal Affordances in the Multimodal Music Classroom

chapter 7|13 pages

Teaching Multimodal Literacy

A Focus on the Comprehension and Representation of Gesture in Oral Interactions

chapter 8|16 pages

The Multimodal Blog

Co-Authored Texts in the Primary and Middle Years Classroom

chapter 9|16 pages

Multimodal Metalanguage

chapter 11|16 pages

Cohesion and Tension in Tertiary Students’ Digital Compositions

Implications for Teaching and Assessment of Multimodal Compositions

chapter 12|13 pages

Beyond the Classroom

Museum Visits and Resources