Research Methods in Literacy Studies

1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-09522-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Literacies

Research Methods in Literacy Studies brings together leading researchers to showcase the diverse and evolving methods used to in Literacy Studies, presenting real-life experiences from varied geographical and cultural settings, including Chile, Malawi, Canada, England, Australia, and the USA.

This edited collection builds on the field’s core need for imaginative yet authoritative methods for focusing on people’s reading and writing in authentic settings, looking at how people engage in all kinds of texts for all kinds of purposes. Starting with an overview of the methodological roots of Literacy Studies, this book then surveys recent developments in society, education, and technology. It responds to subsequent shifts in how people engage with literacy, outlining new theoretical approaches, such as in relation to posthumanism and the postdigital. Under Gillen and Papen’s editorship, each chapter draws explicitly on the contributors’ recent and current research, explaining their chosen methods and rationale for choosing them. While assessing the strengths and weaknesses of each approach, the authors explore technology-based means to data collection, practitioner research, historical methods, policy research and arts-based approaches.

This timely, advanced textbook is designed for postgraduate students and scholars. By providing both theoretical grounding and practical guidance, it is an ideal resource for those undertaking research projects in literacy for applied linguistics or education programmes.

Zielgruppe

Academic, Postgraduate, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gillen, Julia

Papen, Uta

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Alphabetisierung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik Literatur, Deutsch, Fremdsprachen (Unterricht & Didaktik)
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction  2. Participatory workshops to research digital technologies with young children  3. Crafting Dreamcatchers and Making Keroppi: Investigating Lived-Sensed Literacy Research as ‘New’ Literacy Studies  4. Doing Ethnographic Research with Adult Literacy Learners  5. Working with principles and assumptions in classroom based ethnographic research  6. The Collaborative Critical Walkthrough Method; A Participatory Approach to Studying Literacy Practices in a Postdigital World  7. Researching Literacy Policy  8. Literacy Studies: approaches to practitioner research  9. Navigating ethical dilemmas in adult literacy research  10. Researching literacies across time and contexts 11. Historical methods

Über Autor(innen)

Julia Gillen is Professor of Literacy Studies and Co-Director of the Lancaster Literacy Research Centre. Her current research interests include developing a posthuman approach to the study of writing systems, and young children’s use of digital media. She is editor of the Journal of Early Childhood Literacy as well as the author of Digital Literacies (Routledge, 2014) and The Edwardian Picture Postcard as a Communications Revolution: A Literacy Studies Perspective (Routledge, 2023).

Uta Papen is Professor of Literacy Studies and, together with Julia Gillen co-directs the Lancaster Literacy Research Centre. Julia and Uta co-edit the Routledge Research in Literacy and Literacies series. She is the author of Literacy and Globalization: Reading and Writing in Times of Social (Routledge, 2006) and Cultural Change and Literacy and Education: Policy, Practice and Public Opinion (Routledge, 2015). In her research, she examines literacy policy and practice for children and adults.