Language and Literacy  

Lyndsay Moffatt

It gives me great honour to welcome you to this special issue of Language & Literacy.  In this issue you will find a range of thoughtful and provocative inquiries that reflect some of the diverse range of research in language and literacy education t... see more

Suzanne de Castell

Attention has been a focus of much of the work I’ve done over the last several years, and in particular the ‘attentional economies’ (Lankshear and Knobel, 2002; de Castell and Jenson, 2005) involving teachers and learners in both classroom-based and non-f... see more

Karen Armstrong, Margaret Manson

Online discussion has emerged as an increasingly common forum for conversation and professional reflection in teacher education. Across Canada, Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom, numerous universities have experimented with various forms... see more

Rinelle Evans, Ailie Cleghorn

This article reports on the initial observation phase of a larger, longitudinal project that explores complex language encounters in grades R (Reception) to 3 classrooms in South Africa. Complex language encounters refer to teacher-learner exchanges that ... see more

David Lewkowich

In this work, I seize on the movements of language engaged in the confusions of qualitative research. I examine the impressions and effects of a researcher’s desires, in which language serves simultaneously as a point of alienation, and as an imperfect en... see more

Luigi Iannacci, Bente Graham

This study contributes to the growing body of research that seeks to destabilize dominant notions of literacy and disability. In particular, we explore teacher candidates’ understandings and constructions of literacy and children with “special needs”, or ... see more