“The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present”: Preparing your students for their critically multiliterate future today

Abstract

We can no longer predict knowledge needed for the future, which has significant implications for contemporary literacy programmes. In this article we argue that reconceptualising current literacy approaches will support teachers to develop future-focused literacy teaching. We suggest that a critical multiliteracies lens can provide rationale for a future-focused literacy programme (the "why"), and that the four resources model (Luke & Freebody, 1999) can provide a way to enact such a programme (the "how"). Drawing on our research using this approach with teachers, we provide a mapping template and reflective questions as a springboard to initiate reflective discussion.

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Sandretto, S., & Tilson, J. (2014). “The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present”: Preparing your students for their critically multiliterate future today. Set: Research Information for Teachers, 1, 51–60. https://doi.org/10.18296/set.0305
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