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Navan Govender @navangovender.bsky.social · Jul 17

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!

Navan Govender @navangovender.bsky.social · Jul 15

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

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News Literacy Project @newslit.org · Jul 7

✂️ 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

Watch out for these four common tricks of context and use these tips to avoid being fooled. ● False context: Presenting genuine media in an entirely new, false context. ● Misrepresentation: Presenting accurate facts or genuine visuals in a misleading fashion. ● Stolen satire: Presenting satirical content as if it were accurate information from a reliable source. ● Selective edits: Removing essential context from a piece of media to create a false understanding of an issue or event

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English and Media Centre @engmediacentre.bsky.social · Jun 26

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...

Barbara Bleiman: Writing Poetry at Secondary – Stepping into a Poet’s Shoes

Poetry performance, both at primary and secondary levels, seems to be in reasonably good health, with hundreds of children participating in the CLIPPA Shadowing Scheme and Poetry by Heart. Children…

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Lynda Graham @lyndajgraham.bsky.social · Jun 26

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

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Navan Govender @navangovender.bsky.social · Jun 26

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

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AERA Writing & Literacies SIG @writinglit.bsky.social · Jun 17

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)!

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Teresa Cremin @teresacremin.bsky.social · Jun 16

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

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Jon Biddle @jonnybid.bsky.social · Jun 14

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...

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Jo Tregenza @jotregenza.bsky.social · May 18

@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

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Navan Govender @navangovender.bsky.social · Jun 16

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

Nuzhat Uthmani @nuthmani.bsky.social · Jun 16

Delighted to have held our 1st network meeting today with some members of this new network. Was so inspiring to hear everyone's journey & research interests.All of us keen to address injustices with an intersectional lens. 📢 To @navangovender.bsky.social @jessanderson61.bsky.social Zinniah and Rohit

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Rachael Gabriel @rachegabriel.bsky.social · May 21

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...

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Navan Govender @navangovender.bsky.social · May 15

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

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Rachael Gabriel @rachegabriel.bsky.social · May 10

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!

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Rachael Gabriel @rachegabriel.bsky.social · May 9

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

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Rachael Gabriel @rachegabriel.bsky.social · May 8

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

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UKLA @uklitassociation.bsky.social · Jan 29

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

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UKLA @uklitassociation.bsky.social · May 3

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

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clarefeeneyuk.bsky.social @clarefeeneyuk.bsky.social · Apr 30

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.'

Ross Young @writingrocks.bsky.social · Apr 30

"We work with schools in economically underserved areas to improve chn’s writing and develop their writer identities. The movement is focused on providing children with the highest possible expectations... fostering a love of writing in the process" 👇

writing4pleasure.com/the-writing-...

The writing lives of working-class children

download this article ‘We can’t give children rich lives, but we can give them the lens to appreciate the richness that is already there’ – Lucy Calkins The writing lives of working-cla…

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Navan Govender @navangovender.bsky.social · Apr 27

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...

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Navan Govender @navangovender.bsky.social · Apr 17

Navan Govender @navangovender.bsky.social · Mar 31

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

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Navan Govender @navangovender.bsky.social · Mar 10

📢 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!

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Navan Govender @navangovender.bsky.social · Mar 17

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

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Navan Govender @navangovender.bsky.social · Mar 10

📢 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!

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