Re-thinking the Consequences of Literacy
Title of Panel or Colloquium
Session 2.2
Abstract
The presenter will survey recent work in cognition and neuroscience that allows us to understand how literacy practices change our brains as a starting point for considering the consequences of academic literacy in a broad sense. Participants will discuss how to enact research that supports more contemplative reading and writing practices in schools with few resources to support such pedagogies.
Re-thinking the Consequences of Literacy
Room 201
The presenter will survey recent work in cognition and neuroscience that allows us to understand how literacy practices change our brains as a starting point for considering the consequences of academic literacy in a broad sense. Participants will discuss how to enact research that supports more contemplative reading and writing practices in schools with few resources to support such pedagogies.
