Literacy

We are pleased to announce the 2013 shortlisted articles from Literacy:

Messing about with metaphor: multimodal aspects to children's creative meaning making
Roberta Taylor

Teaching narrative writing using comics: Delainey and Rasmussen, the creators of Betty, share their composing strategies as rich literacy resources for elementary teachers
Rhonda Nixon

Conceptualisations of literacy and literacy practices for children with severe learning difficulties
Hazel Lawson, Lyn Layton, Juliet Goldbart, Penny Lacey, Carol Miller

The views of Nigerian teachers in public and private primary schools on the teaching of early literacy in English
Foluso Okebukola

Assumptions and practices in using digital technologies to teach writing in middle-level classrooms across Canada
Shelley Stagg Peterson, Jill Kedersha McClay

2012 winner:

Policy and the search for explanations for the gender gap in literacy attainment
Gemma Moss
(Volume 45, Issue 3, November 2011)

This award, launched in 2008, is given annually for research judged to be exemplary in either of UKLA’s journals - Literacy and Journal of Research in Reading. For more information and to view past winners, visit the UKLA website.

The 2013 winner will be announced at the 49th UKLA International Conference.

The 49th UKLA International Conference

Literacy Policy and Practices: Diverse Perspectives in the 21st Century

Liverpool Hope University
Friday 5th to Sunday 7th July 2013

Download the call for papers guidance or submit your proposal online - visit the UKLA website for more details.

Call for Paper: Special Issue of Literacy on Popular Culture and Curriculum

Edited by Clare Dowdall, Lalitha Vasudevan and Margaret Mackey

This special edition of Literacy, focusing on popular culture and curriculum, aims to explore different perspectives about the place of popular culture within children’s literacy education. Contributors are invited to submit articles that focus on popular culture, curriculum and literacy from different theoretical, pedagogical, practical, policy and/ or research perspectives. Click here for more information.

Please refer to the Literacy Author Guidelines before submission.

Deadline: 30th June 2013

Please mark submissions: Special Issue: Popular Culture and Curriculum

Eve Bearne, Convenor of the Publications sub-committee at UKLA, describes the kind of articles published in Literacy and common pitfalls that prospective contributors should avoid.

Andrew Lambirth, Literacy editorial board member, explains how to turn your dissertation into a journal article.

Featuring content from Literacy and Journal of Research in Reading:

Reading, Writing and Technology: A Joint Virtual Issue
Edited by Cathy Burnett, Julia Davies and Clare Wood

Resources for Initial Teacher Education (ITE)

Read the most recent Special Issue online:

Narrative and Literacy
Edited by Gabrielle Cliff Hodges and Bronwyn Davies
Volume 47, Issue 1, April 2013

Previous Special Issues include:

Literacy and Politics
Edited by Janet Soler and Andrew Lambirth
Volume 45, Issue 3, November 2011

Power of the Text
Edited by Vivienne Smith and Margaret Mackey
Volume 44, Issue 2, July 2010