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2859
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207

Overview

Colin Lankshear is affiliated with James Cook University in Australia. Their research spans multiple areas within the arts, humanities, and social sciences, focusing particularly on fields such as sociology and political science, philosophy, communication, literature and literary theory, as well as speech and hearing.

Their scholarly work addresses diverse topics including digital games and media, cultural, media, and literary studies, social media and politics, literacy, media and education, digital storytelling and education, and EFL/ESL teaching and learning.

Lankshear has published research in venues such as Educational Philosophy and Theory and The Australian Journal of Language and Literacy. Recent publications include:

  • "Collective obituary for James D. Marshall (1937-2021)" (2021), published in Educational Philosophy and Theory
  • "A tribute to Kevin Harris, philosopher of education" (2022), published in Educational Philosophy and Theory
  • "Learning to become teacher researchers: a sandbox approach" (2023), published in The Australian Journal of Language and Literacy

Their frequent co-authors include Michele Knobel, Michael A. Peters, Nesta Devine, Bruce Haynes, and David Aspin. These collaborations have contributed to the breadth of their work within educational philosophy and related social sciences.

Best Publications

  • The New Work Order

    James Paul Gee;Glynda A. Hull;Colin Lankshear

  • New Literacies: Everyday Practices and Classroom Learning

    Colin Lankshear;Michelle Knobel

  • Digital Literacies: concepts, policies and practices

    Colin Lankshear;Michele Knobel

  • New Literacies: changing knowledge and classroom learning

    Colin Lankshear;Michele Knobel

  • Handbook of Research on New Literacies

    Julie Coiro;Michele Knobel;Colin Lankshear;Donald J. Leu

  • A new literacies sampler

    Michele Knobel;Colin Lankshear

  • Central issues in new literacies and new literacies research

    Julie Coiro;Michele Knobel;Colin Lankshear;Donald J. Leu

  • Online memes, affinities, and cultural production

    Michele Knobel;Colin Lankshear

  • Sampling "the new" in New Literacies

    Colin Lankshear;Michele Knobel

  • Teachers and Technoliteracy: Managing Literacy, Technology and Learning in Schools

    Colin Lankshear;Ilana A Snyder;Bill Green

  • A Handbook for Teacher Research: From Design to Implementation

    Colin Lankshear;Michele Knobel

  • Remix: The Art and Craft of Endless Hybridization

    Michele Knobel;Colin Lankshear

  • Critical literacy : politics, praxis, and the postmodern

    Colin Lankshear;Peter McLaren;Maxine Greene

  • Nuevos alfabetismos: su práctica cotidiana y el aprendizaje en el aula

    Colin Lankshear;Michele Knobel

  • New Technologies in Early Childhood Literacy Research: A Review of Research:

    Colin Lankshear;Michele Knobel

  • Digital Literacy and Digital Literacies: - Policy, Pedagogy and Research Considerations for Education

    Colin Lankshear;Michele Knobel

  • Researching New Literacies: Web 2.0 Practices and Insider Perspectives

    Colin Lankshear;Michele Knobel

  • Studying New Literacies.

    Michele Knobel;Colin Lankshear;Colin Lankshear

  • 'Because it's boring, irrelevant and I don't like computers': Why high school girls avoid professionally-oriented ICT subjects

    Neil Anderson;Colin Lankshear;Carolyn Timms;Lyn Courtney

  • Literacy, schooling and revolution

    Clinton Robinson;Colin Lankshear;Moira Lawler

  • New literacies: everyday practices and social learning, 3rd edition

    Colin Lankshear;Michele Knobel

  • Introduction: digital literacies: concepts, policies and practices

    Colin J. Lankshear;Michele Knobel

Frequent Co-Authors

Michele Knobel
Michele Knobel Montclair State University
Michael A. Peters
Michael A. Peters University of Waikato
Ivor Goodson
Ivor Goodson University of Brighton
James Paul Gee
James Paul Gee Arizona State University
Gillian M. Boulton-Lewis
Gillian M. Boulton-Lewis Queensland University of Technology
Mary Kalantzis
Mary Kalantzis University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Bill Cope
Bill Cope University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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