Instructor (tenure-track)
Department of Language and Literacy Education (LLED)
Dr. James has developed innovative approaches to teaching literacy and English language arts through methods of poetic inquiry that draw on applied linguistics, textual algorithms, and genre theory. These methods benefit teachers in international settings by increasing awareness of native speaker bias in assessment and evaluation and are used in the development of strategic pedagogy to assist students with specific profiles in developing proficiency in targeted genres and styles of expression.
Contributions:
Chair, Committee for Curriculum, Admissions, Standings, and Appeals
Digital Literacy Student Network
Culural Fluency Language Assessment Tool (CFLAT)
Dadaab Teacher Education Program; EDUC 172 Langauge and the Curriculum; EDUC 175 Teaching Secondary English
James, K. (2013). Automated Writing and the Future of Network Literacy. Keynote presented to the Nationalt Videncenter for Læsning, Copenhagen, Denmark, to mark National Literacy Day. September 09, 2013. See http://http://www.videnomlaesning.dk/2013/09/filmet-oplaeg-af-dr-kedrick-james/
Keywords:
English Language Arts; Literacy education; Writing assessment; Network theory; Information ecology; Text automation; Media arts.
kedrick.james@ubc.ca
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