Multimodal Texts in Disciplinary Education

Kristina Danielsson holds a PhD in Scandinavian languages and is currently a Professor of Swedish in Education at Stockholm University, Sweden, and Professor of Swedish at Linnaeus University, Sweden, where she is a member of the boards of the center for Educational Linguistics and the Linnaeus University Center for Intermedial and Multimodal Studies (IMS). In recent years, her main research projects have been in the area of literacy in various school disciplines, with a special focus on multimodality. On behalf of the Swedish Board of Education, she has written numerous articles for teachers’ in-service training and school development concerning reading, writing and text talk in educational contexts. Together with Dr Kok-Sing Tang from Curtin University, she is founding coordinator of the Special Interest Group Languages and Literacies in Science Education, and they are co-editors ofGlobal Developments on Literacy in Science, published by Springer.StaffanSelander holds a PhD in Education, and he is a Senior Professor of Education at the Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University. A major part of his research during the last ten years has focused on designs for and in learning, knowledge representations and digital learning environments. He has led several external international research projects, and has also been engaged in smaller projects in cooperation with school communities. He is the founder of the journal Designs for Learning. His latest books includeDidaktikenefterVygotskij – Design förlärande (2017); Attblilärare (with  Insulander, Eds,  2018); Games and Education – Designs in and for Learning (with Arnseth,  Hanghøj,  Henriksen,  Misfeldt,  and Ramberg,  Eds, 2018), Dybde//læering – enflerfaglig, relasjonellogskapendetilnærming (with Østern T.P., Dahl, Strømme, Petersen, and Østern A-L, Eds, 2019) and Design förLärande – Historia. Medeltidensomexempel (with Insulander and Lindstrand, Eds, 2019).

• Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Multimodal Texts and Literacy in a Digitized World.- Chapter 3. Semiotic Modes and Representations of Knowledge.- Chapter 4. Working with Multimodal Texts in Education.- Chapter 5. Cultivating Students’ Text Creation.- Chapter 6. Close Reading of Multimodal Texts – Sample Analyses.- Chapter 7. Natural Sciences.- Chapter 8. Social Sciences.- Chapter 9. Language.- Chapter 10. Subjects Focusing on Practical Work.- Chapter 11. Mathematics.- Chapter 12. Websites as Learning Resources for Young Learners.- Chapter 13. Educational Games and Online Resources.- Chapter 14. Summary of PART II.