... of the drawings and the meaning evident in the children's descriptions of wh... more ... of the drawings and the meaning evident in the children's descriptions of what they drew (Rose, 2001). In this initial stage of analysis, categories that reflected the students' constructions of literacy and of themselves were developed. Two of the authors (Kendrick and Moffatt ...
Using a form of analysis that sees talk as social interaction, this study examines how a teacher-... more Using a form of analysis that sees talk as social interaction, this study examines how a teacher-librarian-researcher and a parent of elementary-aged children construct reading, readers and social in/equality in the context of a research interview. The analysis suggests that the participants produced equal and unequal social relations and values in and through their talk of reading and readers. Using ethnomethodological tools, this analysis illustrates some of the challenges of transforming unequal social relations through a change in the words we use. The study recommends a greater attention to identifying how we recognize and mystify differences in terms of access to resources and wealth in our talk, so that we can create new narratives of reading/readers that recognize and value marginalized literacies without pretending that all literacies are equally valued in the world.
This paper examines the cultural production of “Canada” and “Canadians” in The Newcomers, a 1953 ... more This paper examines the cultural production of “Canada” and “Canadians” in The Newcomers, a 1953 film produced by the National Film Board of Canada. Using a form of discourse analysis that sees talk as social interaction and identity as socially and locally constructed, this study illuminates how “Canada” and “Canadians” are talked into being in a film ostensibly about immigration and immigrants. While illustrating the moment-to-moment construction of these social identities in this specific context, this study also illustrates how ethnomethodological tools could be used to critically analyze the production of ideologies and identities in audio-visual media. Specific attention is paid to the marginalization of Aboriginal peoples in this governmental text. Key words: Aboriginal peoples, Canada, cultural production, ethnomethodology, identity, Indigenous peoples, immigration, National Film Board, talk as social interaction.
This article is a product of qualitative analyses followed by a collaboration and conversation am... more This article is a product of qualitative analyses followed by a collaboration and conversation amongst critical friends. Three methodologies (social semiotic/sociocultural, ethnomethodology, and rhizomatic analysis) were used to analyze the same piece of interview data. An inquiry into the various characteristics, commonalities, and distinctions of these diverse approaches to analysis was then undertaken through extended conversations. Authors worked through the kinds of questions that could be asked and the answers that might be possible given particular theoretical and methodological stances and choices. Analysis of the ensuing inquiry suggests the possibility of deeper reflexivity and new understandings in talking across paradigms. Struggles over representation and compromises in the process created tensions and questions that could not be easily resolved.
Canadian Journal of Education / Revue canadienne de l éducation
Recent research has documented the persistence of unequal gender relations and homophobia in youn... more Recent research has documented the persistence of unequal gender relations and homophobia in young people's lives. Feminist post-structural theories of gender and socio-cultural theories of learning suggest educators need to understand students' constructions of gender relations, masculine/feminine desires, and sexuality if they hope to challenge these behaviors. In this article, we examine a diverse group of 47 preteens' constructions of gender relations, masculine/feminine desires, and sexuality, using a survey, a story from the popular comic Archie, and individual interviews. We found that although participants produced feminist and patriarchal constructions of gender relations, they constructed masculine and feminine sexuality as uniformly heterosexual.
... THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA JULY 2003 Lyndsay Elizabeth Moffatt, 2003 Page 2. ... viii... more ... THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA JULY 2003 Lyndsay Elizabeth Moffatt, 2003 Page 2. ... viii Page 10. To the students, staff and parents of Stony Creek School, my Mother, Lesley Mang and my Grandmothers, Amy Mang and Betty Moffatt for all they have taught me. ...
Photovoice is a qualitative research method that can have very positive outcomes, including makin... more Photovoice is a qualitative research method that can have very positive outcomes, including making marginalized populations visible. Yet we found that traditional Photovoice methods were not fully effective and needed to be adapted with women aged 85 and older in rural Prince Edward Island, Canada. Concerns that required adaptation were time constraints for the researcher and participants, taking appropriate photographs, balancing power between researcher and participants, and ensuring that the women’s voices were heard and presented clearly for them and their communities. Our purpose in this article is to enrich conversations on applying and adapting Photovoice as a research method with older, rural women. With Photovoice, the women in our study learned to use digital cameras to take photographs and told stories about how and why they made choices for their photographs and how they depicted how they were supported or limited to fulfill their vision of aging in place. We address the...
Reading aloud to children is a ubiquitous practice in early childhood settings. While there are m... more Reading aloud to children is a ubiquitous practice in early childhood settings. While there are many recommendations for how educators should conduct these experiences, little research in the past decade has examined how read-alouds are actually accomplished. Using anthropological and sociological theories of learning, literacy and research, our analysis illustrates how read-alouds are enacted in three kindergarten classrooms. Our analysis highlights similarities and differences in how these phenomena are produced and raises questions about the consequences current ideologies of literacy learning may have for young children’s understandings of reading and of themselves as readers. Differences amongst the research sites are discussed in light of Cummins’ continuum of coercive and transformational curricula.
While recent research has documented a myriad of benefits to school gardening and food programs, ... more While recent research has documented a myriad of benefits to school gardening and food programs, many educators and administrators voice concerns that such programs detract from the provincially mandated curriculum and few researchers have investigated how school gardening and food programs may support language and literacy curriculum expectations. Using a content analysis of transcripts of audio data from a school gardening and food program that matched 24 kindergarten children with 17 adult and young adult volunteers, this study illustrates how such a program may help support mandated language and literacy curriculum. Analysis suggests the children involved in the program practiced important oral language skills, such as asking questions and expressing experiences with their garden buddies at a high frequency.
It gives me great honour to welcome you to this special issue of Language & Literacy. In this is... more 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 today. This issue was born of the recent marriage of the Language and Literacy Researchers of Canada (LLRC) and Language & Literacy: A Canadian ejournal. From this point forward these two organizations have made a commitment to support each other in their efforts to sustain critical conversations about language and literacy education and research.
... of the drawings and the meaning evident in the children's descriptions of wh... more ... of the drawings and the meaning evident in the children's descriptions of what they drew (Rose, 2001). In this initial stage of analysis, categories that reflected the students' constructions of literacy and of themselves were developed. Two of the authors (Kendrick and Moffatt ...
Using a form of analysis that sees talk as social interaction, this study examines how a teacher-... more Using a form of analysis that sees talk as social interaction, this study examines how a teacher-librarian-researcher and a parent of elementary-aged children construct reading, readers and social in/equality in the context of a research interview. The analysis suggests that the participants produced equal and unequal social relations and values in and through their talk of reading and readers. Using ethnomethodological tools, this analysis illustrates some of the challenges of transforming unequal social relations through a change in the words we use. The study recommends a greater attention to identifying how we recognize and mystify differences in terms of access to resources and wealth in our talk, so that we can create new narratives of reading/readers that recognize and value marginalized literacies without pretending that all literacies are equally valued in the world.
This paper examines the cultural production of “Canada” and “Canadians” in The Newcomers, a 1953 ... more This paper examines the cultural production of “Canada” and “Canadians” in The Newcomers, a 1953 film produced by the National Film Board of Canada. Using a form of discourse analysis that sees talk as social interaction and identity as socially and locally constructed, this study illuminates how “Canada” and “Canadians” are talked into being in a film ostensibly about immigration and immigrants. While illustrating the moment-to-moment construction of these social identities in this specific context, this study also illustrates how ethnomethodological tools could be used to critically analyze the production of ideologies and identities in audio-visual media. Specific attention is paid to the marginalization of Aboriginal peoples in this governmental text. Key words: Aboriginal peoples, Canada, cultural production, ethnomethodology, identity, Indigenous peoples, immigration, National Film Board, talk as social interaction.
This article is a product of qualitative analyses followed by a collaboration and conversation am... more This article is a product of qualitative analyses followed by a collaboration and conversation amongst critical friends. Three methodologies (social semiotic/sociocultural, ethnomethodology, and rhizomatic analysis) were used to analyze the same piece of interview data. An inquiry into the various characteristics, commonalities, and distinctions of these diverse approaches to analysis was then undertaken through extended conversations. Authors worked through the kinds of questions that could be asked and the answers that might be possible given particular theoretical and methodological stances and choices. Analysis of the ensuing inquiry suggests the possibility of deeper reflexivity and new understandings in talking across paradigms. Struggles over representation and compromises in the process created tensions and questions that could not be easily resolved.
Canadian Journal of Education / Revue canadienne de l éducation
Recent research has documented the persistence of unequal gender relations and homophobia in youn... more Recent research has documented the persistence of unequal gender relations and homophobia in young people's lives. Feminist post-structural theories of gender and socio-cultural theories of learning suggest educators need to understand students' constructions of gender relations, masculine/feminine desires, and sexuality if they hope to challenge these behaviors. In this article, we examine a diverse group of 47 preteens' constructions of gender relations, masculine/feminine desires, and sexuality, using a survey, a story from the popular comic Archie, and individual interviews. We found that although participants produced feminist and patriarchal constructions of gender relations, they constructed masculine and feminine sexuality as uniformly heterosexual.
... THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA JULY 2003 Lyndsay Elizabeth Moffatt, 2003 Page 2. ... viii... more ... THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA JULY 2003 Lyndsay Elizabeth Moffatt, 2003 Page 2. ... viii Page 10. To the students, staff and parents of Stony Creek School, my Mother, Lesley Mang and my Grandmothers, Amy Mang and Betty Moffatt for all they have taught me. ...
Photovoice is a qualitative research method that can have very positive outcomes, including makin... more Photovoice is a qualitative research method that can have very positive outcomes, including making marginalized populations visible. Yet we found that traditional Photovoice methods were not fully effective and needed to be adapted with women aged 85 and older in rural Prince Edward Island, Canada. Concerns that required adaptation were time constraints for the researcher and participants, taking appropriate photographs, balancing power between researcher and participants, and ensuring that the women’s voices were heard and presented clearly for them and their communities. Our purpose in this article is to enrich conversations on applying and adapting Photovoice as a research method with older, rural women. With Photovoice, the women in our study learned to use digital cameras to take photographs and told stories about how and why they made choices for their photographs and how they depicted how they were supported or limited to fulfill their vision of aging in place. We address the...
Reading aloud to children is a ubiquitous practice in early childhood settings. While there are m... more Reading aloud to children is a ubiquitous practice in early childhood settings. While there are many recommendations for how educators should conduct these experiences, little research in the past decade has examined how read-alouds are actually accomplished. Using anthropological and sociological theories of learning, literacy and research, our analysis illustrates how read-alouds are enacted in three kindergarten classrooms. Our analysis highlights similarities and differences in how these phenomena are produced and raises questions about the consequences current ideologies of literacy learning may have for young children’s understandings of reading and of themselves as readers. Differences amongst the research sites are discussed in light of Cummins’ continuum of coercive and transformational curricula.
While recent research has documented a myriad of benefits to school gardening and food programs, ... more While recent research has documented a myriad of benefits to school gardening and food programs, many educators and administrators voice concerns that such programs detract from the provincially mandated curriculum and few researchers have investigated how school gardening and food programs may support language and literacy curriculum expectations. Using a content analysis of transcripts of audio data from a school gardening and food program that matched 24 kindergarten children with 17 adult and young adult volunteers, this study illustrates how such a program may help support mandated language and literacy curriculum. Analysis suggests the children involved in the program practiced important oral language skills, such as asking questions and expressing experiences with their garden buddies at a high frequency.
It gives me great honour to welcome you to this special issue of Language & Literacy. In this is... more 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 today. This issue was born of the recent marriage of the Language and Literacy Researchers of Canada (LLRC) and Language & Literacy: A Canadian ejournal. From this point forward these two organizations have made a commitment to support each other in their efforts to sustain critical conversations about language and literacy education and research.
Uploads