Download or read book Social Studies as New Literacies in a Global Society written by Mark Baildon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-10-04 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reconceptualizes social studies teaching and learning in ways that will help prepare students to live in "new times" – prepared for new forms of labor, equipped to handle new and emerging technologies and function, and able to understand different perspectives to participate in an increasingly diverse, multicultural global society.