Title
Multimodal layout in school history books: the texturing of historical interpretation
Document Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Over the past few decades, the texture of school textbooks has changed from ÿthe densely printed pageÿ (Kress 2004) to a complex interplay of multimodal elements. This has implications for how a reader accesses curricular content. In this chapter, we will investigate the multimodal layout of history textbooks. Our aim is to show the significance of multimodal texturing in making available to the reader particular ÿreading pathwaysÿ. We argue that these pathways have implications for how historical information and perspectives are negotiated and made sense of .
RIS ID
25226
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Publication Details
Coffin, C. & Derewianka, B. M. (2009). Multimodal layout in school history books: the texturing of historical interpretation. In G. Forey & G. Thompson (Eds.), Text type and texture : in honour of Flo Davies (pp. 191-215). London: Equinox Publishing.