Snippets from my presentation on "Critical Race Literacies: Co-Designing an Anti-Racist Eng Ed" BERA Virtual Event - Race, Ethnicity & Education SIG. *These don't show data; article in progress! Thank you Dr Saima Salehjee for organising; Prof Khadijia Mohammed, a phenomenal force for change!

It's out! 🌟 Drennan, L., Mendelowitz, B., Essa, F. V., & Govender, N. N. (2025). Creating conditions of possibility for postgraduate student engagement with critical literacy through collaborative redesign. Reading Research Quarterly. lnkd.in/gDjsK4cd

✂️ We post often about AI fakes. But there are many simple methods used to spread misinformation with real images and videos. Here are 4️⃣ common tricks + basic tips for debunking them. 🔗 Download the infographic: bit.ly/TricksOfContext #Misinformation #NewsLiteracy

WRITE MORE POETRY AT KS3! @barbarableiman.bsky.social outlines the importance of making room for students to write poetry, with some handy advice about how to do so in an inspiring blog for @cpsummit.bsky.social childrenspoetrysummit.com/2025/06/26/b...

Hurray! On my way to Liverpool for my 24th @uklitassociation.bsky.social International conference! The first was 2001 in Canterbury organised by @teresacremin.bsky.social Looking forward to seeing old friends and meeting new members, inc. our @neunion.bsky.social Sponsored students #thisismyukla

Uber-excited for this year's United Kingdom Literacy Association Int Conference! Finally getting the chance to present with my wonderful colleague, Belinda Mendelowitz . And, as always, so keen to see what the UKLA fam is up to. @uklitassociation.bsky.social @unistrathclyde.bsky.social

Ready for our next #literacies chat? Please join us in one week for our chat where we consider “Queer and Trans-Affirming #literacies: Context, Discomfort, Agency” hosted by Dr. Stephanie Anne Shelton (@sashelton.bsky.social)!

Booking now LiVE for our Oct. 18th Conference! tinyurl.com/bn6d2x3m Milton Keynes 🎈Do Join us! 🎈@openuni-rfp.bsky.social @jonnybid.bsky.social @readingrocks.bsky.social @kashleyenglish.bsky.social @debbiethomas.bsky.social An engaging reading community focused day 🎈@uklitassociation.bsky.social

My map of independent children's bookshops is updated regularly. Most provide an online service and they're all run by people who can make well-informed book recommendations. If we want to keep them, we need to support them. Any missing, please let me know. padlet.com/Jon_Biddle/r...

@uklitassociation.bsky.social ITE SIG free conference on Friday. The thread was language and talk. We heard from: Alice Reedy, Alastair Daniel and the Oracy Hub in Tower Hamlets What a wonderful day for SIG members. @teresacremin.bsky.social @navangovender.bsky.social @rshargreaves.bsky.social

It was brilliant to connect. Thank you @nuthmani.bsky.social for your leadership!

In this Action & Learning piece, from our most recent Special Issue, Muñoz and Babino propose a vision of bilingual teachers expanding biliteracy by first healing themselves. Read it here: ila.onlinelibrary.wi...

My notes from Day 1: TILTED (Toward Intersectionality in Language Teacher Education) SGSSS workshop by Dario Banegas. Thank you for having me! Thanks also to the speakers who offered insights into research methods; intersectionality in/through/for/with languages, identity, and power in education

The Asset-Based Integrative View of Reading (Gabriel & Lopez, 2025) elaborates Duke & Cartright's "Active View" by considering how all the language and cognitive processes are actually accomplished. See asset-based pedagogy and self-determination theory at work here & at the May 16th summit!

This Teaching and Learning Guide piece from the archives investigates how making film trailers for books can improve students' visualisation strategies. Read it here: ila.onlinelibrary.wi... @crodriguezmojica.bsky.social @@ilatoday.bsky.social @navangovender.bsky.social

This Teaching and Learning in Action piece, from our recent Special Issue, offers powerful insight into using picture books as a tool for exploring critical translingual literacies. Read it here: ila.onlinelibrary.wi... @crodriguezmojica.bsky.social @ilatoday.bsky.social @navangovender.bsky.social

Tickets for the 2025 UKLA International Conference are now live! With Keynote Speakers including Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Dominic Wyse, and Anežka Kuzmičová, this year's Conference is not one to miss. Tickets available via Oxford Abstracts: https://register.oxfordabstracts.com/event/35751?preview=false

UKLA's Statement on Equalities Act 2010. Read it online here: buff.ly/UnBDHEz

Powerful advocacy: 'There is surely no lower educational expectation than believing a child has nothing to say for themselves. That they are empty – devoid of any thoughts, knowledge, ideas or experiences that readers would feel worth hearing about.'

The editorial team of The Reading Teacher call for abstracts for a special issue "Activating Linguistic Justice in Literacy Contexts". Literacy professionals, researchers & policymakers are invited! Submit by Apr 11 2025 #EducationEquity #LiteracyResearch #LanguageDiversity bit.ly/ILA_RTAbstra...

What a round up! Grateful to have worked with a brilliant group of young people on #Queer #CriticalLiteracy and Social Media earlier this year, and then to attend their film premier! Two films on social media and issues faced by young people - uber-impressive! Well done @tiecampaign & @screenscots

📢 CALL FOR PROPOSALS 📢 If you're engaging with (a)gender and (a)sexual diversity in education (any level), we'd love to work with you to capture a 'vivid case study' for publ in an upcoming edited volume, particularly BIPoC folks and/or Global South perspectives. Please share the call widely!

A night with Jackie Kay and the Makars: Hannah Lavery Liz Lochhead Michael Pedersen @unistrathclyde.bsky.social 💚

📢 CALL FOR PROPOSALS 📢 If you're engaging with (a)gender and (a)sexual diversity in education (any level), we'd love to work with you to capture a 'vivid case study' for publ in an upcoming edited volume, particularly BIPoC folks and/or Global South perspectives. Please share the call widely!

Looks fascinating! gws.berkeley.edu/events-calen...

This is not a poem...

Check out the new themed issue from The Reading Teacher! ila.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/19362714... @uklitassociation.bsky.social #CriticalLiteracy #literacymatters #literacyteacher

Have you heard about the UKLA Literacy School of the Year Award? Sponsored by Hays Education, it celebrates the best of literacy teaching and learning in the UK. Join us for an informational webinar on March 4th and find out how you can get involved: https://buff.ly/4hQqbF1

Back pocket questions for the everyday activist

Today I put my hands in my pockets...

The Reading Teacher Journal co-editors: ila.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1936...

A fab @uklitassociation.bsky.social book blether with the regional reps on all things Graphic Novels! Brilliant member resource. So many ideas - my class have waiting lists for books, and Poo Crew Adventures and the Mega Robo Bros are MASSIVELY popular!

thank you for applying...

UKLA is delighted to announce the 5 winners of NEU Sponsored teacher places for the UKLA International Conference in Liverpool, 2025! Congratulations Samcreighton.bsky.social , Vikkivarley.bsky.social , Lyndsay Kennett, Krista Greenwood, and Deborah Upchurch! https://ukla.org/neu-sponsored-places-f…

Throwback 💚 Govender, N. N. (2017). The pedagogy of ‘coming out’: Teacher identity in a critical literacy course. South African Review of Sociology, 48(1), 19-41. doi.org/10.1080/215285…

We need to be teaching this stuff to kids in school. It is as important as general reading comprehension and basic financial literacy; maybe more so.

Join us for our upcoming #literacies chat on Tuesday where we’ll discuss “Honoring Black Language in the Classroom” with @draliceylee.bsky.social!

3/🖊️ Writers: We're looking for pitches from early talent Trans+ writers and journalists to write 700-1000 word history articles - one for each day of Trans+ History Week! www.wearequeeraf.com/telltranshis...

Sign up: www.eventbrite.com/e/ukla-book-...

So sad to hear about Morag Styles. Her research into children's picturebooks have been pivotal to my research journey. I was star struck when I met her & she was so kind. I was lucky to sit on @uklitassociation.bsky.social's academic book panel she chaired, she was generous with her time & advice.

Some of my fab 2024 reads 💚

Epistemic injustice and violence in times of resurgent anti-trans backlash, emboldened white supremacist rhetoric and far-right extremism www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

This poem, by Adrienne Rich. yalereview.org/article/thos...

Last chance to submit your proposals! #CriticalLiteracy #Literacy #LiteracyMatters #Education #language #LanguageEducation #Teachers

Join the @uklitassociation.bsky.social National Conference '25! Keynotes: Poet Coral Rumble - representing minorities in books & Prof. Robin Banerjee - fiction’s role in empathy & pro-social behaviour. Also superb workshops! Online Sat 1st March, 9:30–1pm. Don’t miss it! ukla.org/nc25 #EduSky

Reminder! The Call for Papers for the UKLA International Conference 2025 is now open! The deadline for papers - January 5th - is quickly approaching. Submit yours now and join us in Liverpool for a jam-packed weekend of all things literacy. https://buff.ly/3VLmK9B

We are so excited to be joined by Professor Robin Banerjee and poet Coral Rumble at the UKLA National Conference 2025: Exploring Literacy in an Ever-Changing World. Get your tickets now! https://www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing/72859?