Playful Methods: Engaging the Unexpected in Literacy Research

Author:   Carmen Liliana Medina ,  Mia Perry ,  Karen Wohlwend
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9780367211523


Pages:   156
Publication Date:   11 May 2022
Format:   Paperback
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

Our Price $75.99 Quantity:  
Add to Cart

Share |

Playful Methods: Engaging the Unexpected in Literacy Research


Add your own review!

Overview

This book introduces three new subjects to the context of literacy research—play, the imaginary, and improvisation—and proposes how to incorporate these important concepts into the field as research methods in order to engage people, materials, spaces, and imaginaries that are inherent in every research encounter. Grounded in cutting-edge theory, chapters are structured around lived narratives of research experiences, demonstrating key practices for unsettling and expanding the ways people interact, behave, and construct knowledge. Through an exploration of difference, play, and the imaginary, authors Medina, Perry, and Wohlwend present an active set of practices that acknowledges and attends to the global, fragmented, politicized contexts in literacy research. This book provides researchers and literacy education scholars with rich and clear theoretical foundations and practical tools to engage in literacy research in ethical, creative, and responsive ways. The authors invite readers to play by exploring the ways in which pedagogical, research, artistic, and other creative contexts can be sites to examine identity, plurality, and difference. Chapters feature innovative elements such as author dialogues that make visible how the authors engage with the ideas they present; guiding questions to prompt reflection and conversation; playful invitations to share possibilities of play in real-world contexts; and stories and practices to ground the conceptual and playful inquiry.

Full Product Details

Author:   Carmen Liliana Medina ,  Mia Perry ,  Karen Wohlwend
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.240kg
ISBN:  

9780367211523


ISBN 10:   0367211521
Pages:   156
Publication Date:   11 May 2022
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

Table of Contents

PART I THE (PLAY)GROUND CHAPTER 1 INVITATIONS TO PLAY AND REIMAGINE INQUIRY FOR LIVED LITERACIES CHAPTER 2 THE RESEARCH ENCOUNTER: DIFFERENCE AND RELATION CHAPTER 3 IMAGINARIES AND THE IMAGINATION IN LITERACY RESEARCH ENCOUNTERS CHAPTER 4 METHODS FOR DESIGNING THE RESEARCH (PLAY)GROUND PART II PLAYFUL METHODS ACROSS CONTEXTS CHAPTER 5 IMPROVISATION AS INQUIRY SPACES FOR (UN)DOING LITERACY AND DOING HUMANIZING WORK CHAPTER 6 PLAY, RUPTURES, AND BECOMINGS CHAPTER 7 TAKING PLAYFUL METHODS INTO THE WILD CHAPTER 8 UNCERTAIN FUTURES AND UNSATISFYING CONCLUSIONS APPENDIX: PLAYFUL METHODS

Reviews

Author Information

Carmen Liliana Medina is Associate Professor of Literacy, Culture and Language Education at Indiana University, USA. Mia Perry is Senior Lecturer of Literacies and Arts in Education at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. Karen Wohlwend is Professor of Literacy, Culture, and Language Education at Indiana University, USA.

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions
Latest Reading Guide

Aorrng

Shopping Cart
Your cart is empty
Shopping cart
Mailing List