Accessing a 'very, very secret garden' : exploring children's and young people's literacy practices using participatory research methods

Calderón López, Margarita and Theriault, Virginie (2017) Accessing a 'very, very secret garden' : exploring children's and young people's literacy practices using participatory research methods. Language and Literacy, 19 (4). pp. 39-54. ISSN 1496-0974

[img]
Preview
 Text (Calderon-Theriault-LL-2017-childrens-and-young-peoples-literacy-practices)
Calderon_Theriault_LL_2017_childrens_and_young_peoples_literacy_practices.pdf
Final Published Version
License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 logo
Download (848kB)| Preview

    Abstract

    Despite the wealth of publications on children’s and young people’s participation in research, the connections between participatory research methods (PRM) and literacy studies remain unclear. The aim of this paper is to understand why it is particularly pertinent to use PRM in literacy studies (particularly New Literacy Studies). In order to capture the complexity and plurality of these methods, we discuss two studies, one conducted with children in Chile and the other with young people in Québec (Canada). We argue that by using PRM, researchers can support participants in the appropriation of an alternative and potentially empowering view of literacy.

    Author(s):Calderón López, Margarita and Theriault, Virginie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8021-8426
    Item type:Article
    ID code:59408
    Keywords:participatory research methods, new literacy studies, children, young people, voice in research, Theory and practice of education, Social Sciences (General), Childrens literature, Education, Language and Linguistics
    Subjects:Education > Theory and practice of education
    Social Sciences > Social Sciences (General)
    Language and Literature > Childrens literature
    Department:Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > School of Education > Education
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:12 Jan 2017 09:33
    Last modified:27 Nov 2019 04:55
    Related URLs:
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/59408
    Export data:
    CORE (COnnecting REpositories)