Diverse Critical Literacies: Pedagogies of Recognition and Hope

Multilingualism and Languages Education Seminar Series 2023-2024

Diverse Critical Literacies: Pedagogies of Recognition and Hope

Speaker: Dr Yvonne Foley, Senior Lecturer at University of Edinburgh, Scotland 

Abstract

The unprecedented global movement of people has resulted in increasing demographic changes to classroom populations. As a result, teachers across the UK are working with increasing numbers of students from diverse backgrounds learning English as an additional language (EAL). This presentation reports on findings from case studies across the different sectors of Scottish schools. The interpretation of the findings has drawn on recent theorizing on languages, literacies and identities in order to understand the elements that need to be in place for teachers to be able to develop practices that are truly inclusive and responsive to linguistic and cultural ‘difference’.

Speaker’s biography

Dr Yvonne Foley is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Her research, teaching, and publications lie in the areas of teacher education, with a specific focus on languages, literacies, and identities in an effort to promote social, cultural and linguistic inclusion in educational settings. A recent publication in this area includes a Special Issue Journal on ‘Normalising Difference in Teacher Education: national and international perspectives’, published in the Language and Education journal (2022). Yvonne currently serves as the Chair for the National Association for Language Development in the Curriculum (NALDIC).

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