Where I found it- I found this word in Siegel's article on multimodality. We also discussed it in class.
Siegel, M. (2012). New times for multimodality? confronting the accountability culture. journal of
adolescent & adult literacy, 55(8), 671-680.
Definition- I used the online version of the Merriam Webster Dictionary instead of dictionary.com. it defines neoliberalism as "a liberal who de-emphasizes traditional liberal doctrines in order to seek progress by more pragmatic methods."
Click here for URL link to definition.
Familiarity- I had never heard of this word prior to reading the article.
Reflective Commentary- I knew that the prefix "neo" meant "new" and that liberalism is a form of government policy, so my original guess as to what the word meant was "new liberalism". Obviously this is a very simple definition, but i wasn't able to put it into my own words as politics are not my cup of tea. I was able to better understand after Elyse explained it during the reciprocal teaching lesson, and reading this definition really helped me understand the word.
I don't think that this word should be a word we have to know unless you are interested in politics. However i used this word in the blog because it took me three different sources to finally get a full understanding of the word. Multimodality works!
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