Tuned in: Television and the Teaching of Writing

by Bronwyn T. Williams

There's no denying that television is a forceful presence in students' lives. Yet in writing classrooms the assumption is often that television is only an obstacle to teaching critical print literacy. Little careful attention has been paid to exactly how television influences the ways in which students write, or how their experiences with television might be used to help them write more effectively. Bronwyn T. Williams argues that television is...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 086709527X
• ISBN13: 9780867095272
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.6" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary