Shrek meets Vygotsky: Rethinking adolescents multimodal literacy practices in schools

Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-45

  Mills, Kathy A ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Article; Digital; Early adolescence; Writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956374345     PISSN: 10813004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1598/JAAL.54.1.4     Document Type: Article

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