“Contested spaces”: Bridging the gap between literacy research and practice

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Description

In the Research Conversations podcast series, researchers and teachers come together in conversation to collectively explore different aspects of engaging with literacy research. They draw on their diverse priorities, interests and concerns as they reflect on what their encounters with research are and reimagine what they could be.

In this episode, researcher Navan Govender and teacher Simon Collis reflect on how different literacy partners can work together to bridge the gaps between them.

Classroom practitioners work at the meeting point of different stakeholders and their diverse ideas, practices and perspectives. Navigating these contested spaces alongside competing pressures can be a challenge. One way forward is increasing partnerships between researchers and teachers by co-constructing research. This can help teachers exercise their professional, creative and critical capacities to turn the research they engage with into something that better serves them and the people they serve.

PeriodMar 2024 → …
Degree of RecognitionInternational

Keywords

  • Critical Literacy
  • Literacy studies
  • Research
  • Practice
  • Contested Spaces

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