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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

📚How can educators use picturebooks to assess students’ engagement with critical literacy? 📽️ Inspired by Lucero and Sullivan’s work, this video highlights questions teachers can ask to disrupt common assumptions, identify multiple viewpoints, & unpack sociopolitical dimensions of picturebooks.

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

📢Publication Alert 📖“Undergraduate Education Majors’ (Critical) Encounters With Picturebooks About Immigration” by Audrey Lucero and Bradley Sullivan is now live at journals.sagepub.com/toc/LRX/curr...

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

✨ How do Spanish-speaking families do powerful literacy work at home? 💡Inspired by Norma Monsivais Diers’ study this graphic explores parental fears of children losing Spanish, the role of music and family interaction in language learning, and the importance of bilingual and bicultural development.

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Cover graphic for a Literacy Research: Theory, Method & Practice Volume 74 article by Norma Monsivais Diers examining how English literacy practices at school affect family language policies among Latinx families. Four grayscale backpacks line the bottom of the green background.

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Graphic summarizing a study on how English-language literacy practices in schools affect family language policies among Latinx families. Text highlights parents’ reflections on children’s language choices, the importance of incorporating Spanish into daily routines, and reducing linguistic barriers.

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Graphic discussing parental motivations for sustaining Spanish at home. Text explains that parents believed children would learn English naturally but feared losing Spanish. Grayscale image shows a parent and child using a tablet together.

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Graphic explaining how leaving bilingual programs can halt Spanish literacy development, limit communication, and create linguistic barriers within families. Parents express concern about children losing their home language. Grayscale image shows a parent and child working together.

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Graphic featuring a bilingual parent quotation describing a child’s frustration with not understanding Spanish as well as siblings. English translation appears below. Grayscale images show two children displaying frustration and sadness.

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Graphic describing parents’ belief that schools ignored the important role Spanish played within families and failed to reinforce family language and literacy efforts. Includes a bilingual parent quotation and grayscale image of an adult walking with two children wearing backpacks.

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Graphic discussing how families fostered children’s biliteracy practices at home. Text emphasizes the importance parents placed on children being bilingual, biliterate, and bicultural. Grayscale image shows three smiling children with backpacks.

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Graphic explaining how listening to music in Spanish and visiting family in Mexico helped children learn the language. Includes a bilingual parent quotation about children listening to corridos. Grayscale image shows two children wearing headphones.

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

📢 “Creating Linguistic Barriers: The Impact at Home of English Literacy Practices at School” by Norma Monsivais Diers is now live at journals.sagepub.com/toc/LRX/curr...

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

📚 How are educators helping students analyze, question, and resist systemic inequities? 💭 Based on a systematic review by Dunham, Oti, and Lawton this graphic highlights how culturally sustaining literacy pedagogies can foster critical consciousness with elementary learners.

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Title slide asking how educators foster students’ ability to analyze and resist systemic inequities. Authors Heather Dunham, Oluwaseun Ayobami Oti, and Alexis Lawton are listed alongside Literacy Research Association branding and a Volume 74 LRTMP banner.

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Blue-tinted classroom image with text explaining how literacy educators incorporate critical consciousness into elementary classrooms. “Critical consciousness” is bolded for emphasis.

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Graphic defining three components of critical consciousness: critical self-reflection, questioning norms, and taking critical action, alongside classroom and student images.

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Students walking through a school hallway beside text explaining that elementary students are capable of engaging critical consciousness and shaping their cultural identities.

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

📢 “Examining Critical Consciousness Within Culturally Sustaining Literacy Pedagogies (CSLP): A Systematic Review of the Literature” by Heather Dunham, Oluwaseun Ayobami Oti, and Alexis Lawton is now live at journals.sagepub.com/toc/LRX/curr...

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

✨U.S.-based South Asian international graduate students bring a lot to the classroom. 👉 Inspired by Ankhi G. Thakurta & Nyitar M. Msurshima’s study, this graphic highlights how university-based educators can engage students’ full linguistic repertoires & support their literate identity navigation.

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Decorative title slide for Literacy Research: Theory, Method & Practice, Vol. 74. Large centered text reads: “Supporting South Asian International Graduate Students’ Literate Identity Navigations” by Ankhi G. Thakurta and Nyitar M. Msursima. Background is parchment-textured with ornate South Asian-inspired floral and geometric borders in warm orange, red, and gold tones along the bottom.
Slide 2 (Context + Map)
Slide features a green map of South Asia labeled with countries including India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Maldives. Text below reads: “While being an increasingly key group in the U.S. higher education landscape, South Asian international graduate students face barriers negotiating their identities on university campuses.” Decorative patterned borders frame the sides.

Slide 3 (Study Overview)
Text-only slide on a parchment background with a patterned border at the bottom. Text reads: “In their work, Ankhi G. Thakurta and Nyitar M. Msursima show how seven United States-based South Asian international students explored their institutional identities in a hybrid literacy inquiry community.”
Slide 4 (Implications for Educators)
Slide with centered text on parchment background and patterned side borders. Text explains that university-based educators can center South Asian identities by inviting students to: (1) explore on-campus experiences, including racialization, through free-writes or story-sharing, and (2) re-author themselves and their institutions through multimodal composing, such as educational journey maps.

Slide 5 (Free-Writes / Story-Sharing Directions)
Slide titled “Directions for Educators to facilitate free-writes or story-sharing.” Text invites students to use writing, drawing, or other forms to explore a critical on-campus incident related to belonging, and to share these compositions in group discussion. Background is parchment-style with decorative side borders.
Slide 6 (Journey Mapping Directions)
Slide titled “Directions for Educators to facilitate educational journey-mapping.” Text encourages students to use multiple modes (e.g., language, visuals) to map their educational journeys and highlight elements such as people, places, curricula, challenges, and power/resistance. Concludes by inviting sharing in group discussion. Decorative patterned borders frame the slide.

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

📢 “Get Your Facts Straight”: A Practitioner Study of U.S.-Based South Asian International Graduate Students’ Literate Identity Navigations by Ankhi G. Thakurta and Nyitar M. Msurshima is now live at journals.sagepub.com/toc/LRX/curr...

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

❓ What happens when teacher education moves into multilingual communities? 👉 Inspired by Min-Seok Choi and Jungmin Lee’s study, this graphic shows how preservice teachers learn from families, rethink literacy, and challenge monolingual assumptions through community-based experiences.

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Carousel introduction posing a question about moving teacher education beyond classrooms into multilingual community contexts.

Slide 2 (Purpose)
Slide outlining the FLOA initiative, which integrates community-based observation into teacher education to center multilingual families’ linguistic and cultural resources.

Slide 3 (Framing the Challenge)
Slide highlighting the gap between monolingual teacher preparation models and the multilingual realities of contemporary classrooms.

Slide 4 (What Preservice Teachers Learn)
Slide describing how FLOA supports preservice teachers’ critical thinking and pedagogical development through engagement with multilingual families.

Slide 5 (Ongoing Challenge)
Slide discussing persistent challenges in implementing asset-based approaches, including dominant language ideologies and limitations of field placements.

Slide 6 (Call to Action)
Slide emphasizing the need for community-based learning and raciolinguistic inquiry as core components of teacher preparation programs.

Slide 7 (Reflective Prompt)
Slide prompting educators to consider what fundamental change in teacher education might look like to support epistemic justice and inclusive literacies.

Slide 8 (Article Information)
Slide providing article title, publication details for Volume 74 of Literacy Research: Theory, Method & Practice, and a QR code for access.

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

📢 “Integrating Multilingualism and Asset-Based Pedagogies in Literacy Education: Preparing Preservice Teachers Through Family Learning by Min-Seok Choi and Jungmin Lee is now live at journals.sagepub.com/toc/LRX/curr...

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

📢 “A Reconstructive Stance to Analyzing Op-Ed Writing as Resistance to ‘Divisive Concepts’ Legislation” by Melissa Schieble, Michiko Hikida, Laura Taylor, Amy Vetter, Kristen Hodnett, and Kushya Sugarman is now live at journals.sagepub.com/toc/LRX/curr...

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

❓How do teachers create space for critical literacy in constrained classrooms? 📚 Inspired by Christina Salazar & Cassandra Schroeder’s research, these visuals show how small, intentional actions educators can build relationships, foster curiosity, & invite dialogue to make learning transformative.

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Blue graphic: “Finding Space for Critical Literacy in Classrooms,” Vol. 74 header; four grayscale portraits below.
Image 1 Right Half
Blue graphic: “Everyday, teachers find space to do what matters.” Grayscale portrait of man in glasses on right.

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Blue graphic: Text on balancing rules shaping teaching; grayscale statue holding scales at bottom left.
Image 2 Right Half
Blue graphic: Text on preparing students for societal participation; grayscale adult and child working at table.

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Blue graphic: Teaching Through Constraints study on connection, curiosity, inquiry; grayscale adult reading with child.
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Blue graphic: Text on relationships starting with parent letters; grayscale adult and two children viewing tablet.

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Blue graphic: Text on trust-building with families; grayscale image of three adults seated at table.
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Blue graphic: Text on curiosity through student questions; grayscale adult and child raising hands below.

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

📢 “Teaching Through Constraints: How Educators Foster Critical Literacy in Contested Classrooms” by Christina Salazar and Cassandra Schroeder is now live at journals.sagepub.com/toc/LRX/curr...

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

📢 “The bilingual/biliteracy journey of an adult English as a second language learner: Insights from a student-generated funds of knowledge approach” by Thilina Wickramaarachchi is now live at journals.sagepub.com/toc/LRX/curr...

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

✨ The co-editors of @lrtmp.bsky.social and the @edunowlab.bsky.social are pleased to announce the launch of our Public Scholarship Initiative of articles in Literacy Research: Theory, Method & Practice, Volume 74.

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Want to know what happens after you submit your article for LR:TMP? One of our Lead Co-Editors Dr. Sonia Kline shares the processes after you click submit!

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

We invite all presenters at the 2025 LRA Conference to submit manuscripts based on their presentations for possible inclusion in LRTMP, Vol. 75. Due Date Extended: Feb 6, 2026. Submit: mc.manuscriptcentral.com/lrtmp Guidelines: journals.sagepub.com/author-instr... ?s: LRA_LRTMP@illinoisstate.edu

Graphic with a light tan background and teal decorative shapes announces “Submissions Open” for Literacy Research: Theory, Method & Practice, Volume 75. The header reads “Literacy Research: Theory, Method & Practice, Vol. 75.” Body text invites all presenters at the 2025 Literacy Research Association Conference to submit manuscripts based on their presentations for possible inclusion in LR:TMP. A bold red notice states “Due Date Extended!!! Manuscripts Now Due: Feb 9, 2026.” Two QR codes appear near the bottom, labeled “Manuscript Guidelines” (left) and “Submission Link” (right). Contact information at the bottom reads “Questions? Email: LRA_LRTMP@illinoisstate.edu"

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

We invite all presenters at the 2025 LRA Conference to submit manuscripts based on their presentations for possible inclusion in LRTMP, Vol. 75. Due Date: Feb 6, 2026. Submit: mc.manuscriptcentral.com/lrtmp Guidelines: journals.sagepub.com/author-instr... Questions? LRA_LRTMP@illinoisstate.edu

A navy-blue announcement graphic with bold yellow text reading “Submissions Open” for Literacy Research: Theory, Method & Practice, Volume 75. Supporting text invites 2025 LRA Conference presenters to submit manuscripts based on their presentations, with a submission deadline of February 6, 2026. Two QR codes appear near the bottom, one labeled “Manuscript Guidelines” and the other “Submission Link.” An email address for questions is listed along the bottom. Decorative curved lines and subtle wave patterns frame the text.

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

📢 Calling All Literacy Scholars! @lrtmp.bsky.social, a journal of the Literacy Research Association, is seeking reviewers for Vol. 75 (2026)! 👉 Reviewers evaluate no more than 2 (two) manuscripts between February 11 and March 13, 2026. Learn more & sign up here: about.illinoisstate.edu/lrtmp/

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

📢 Publication Alert! 🧑‍🏫“We Can't Use That Book!”: Navigating Preservice Teacher's Text Selection Under the Specter of Censorship Discourses” by Jessica Murdter-Atkinson, Rachel Ranschaert, Erin Ashcraft, and Lisa Redding is now live at journals.sagepub.com/toc/LRX/curr...

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

We invite all presenters at the 2025 LRA Conference to submit manuscripts based on their presentations for possible inclusion in LRTMP, Vol. 75. Due Date: Feb 6, 2026. 📩Submit: mc.manuscriptcentral.com/lrtmp 📖Guidelines: journals.sagepub.com/author-instr... 📧Questions? LRA_LRTMP@illinoisstate.edu

Promotional graphic for Literacy Research: Theory, Method & Practice, Volume 75. Large red text reads ‘Submissions Open.’ Below, black text invites presenters from the 2025 Literacy Research Association Conference to submit manuscripts based on their presentations for possible inclusion in LR:TMP. Submission deadline is February 6, 2026. Two QR codes appear at the bottom, labeled ‘Manuscript Guidelines’ and ‘Submission Link.’ Contact email listed: LRA_LRTMP@illinoisstate.edu. Design features a cream background with colorful geometric border accents.

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

🗣️How can meaningful learning happen when we foster talk across differences? 💬 In this carousel for teachers and teacher educators, Dr. Mollie V. Blackburn shares the why and how of creating classroom spaces that invite, affirm, and support careful, nuanced dialogue. 1/2

A group of people smiling and stacking their hands together in front of a large rainbow Pride flag. The image sets a tone of connection and collective care. Overlaid text introduces Mollie V. Blackburn’s ideas about fostering talk across differences. A dotted yellow path leads toward a “next” arrow.

Several hands raise a small rainbow Pride flag against a soft sky background. The image visually supports the idea of inviting, affirming, and bolstering talk across differences. Decorative dotted arrows point toward the text explaining what this kind of talk is.

An illustrated background filled with diverse faces. The image functions as a visual metaphor for ideological diversity. Overlaid text defines “listening” and “wavering” in the context of fostering talk. A small dotted arrow marks the transition to the section.

The same illustrated crowd of diverse faces used as a backdrop. The image continues the metaphor of ideological plurality while the overlaid text explains “pushing” as another conversational stance. A dotted loop guides attention toward the navigation arrow.

A child draped in a large Pride flag stands outdoors. The image underscores the stakes of students’ identities and the importance of careful, consequential conversations. Yellow dotted accents move across the slide to connect visually with the text.

The back of a person wrapped in a rainbow flag facing an outdoor gathering. The image supports the message about approaching difficult conversations gradually and thoughtfully. A dotted arrow signals movement through the carousel.

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

📢Mollie V. Blackburn’s Plenary Address given at the 2024 Literacy Research Association Conference - “Wavering and Pushing: Languaging Nationality in a High School LGBTQ+-Themed Literature Course” is now live at journals.sagepub.com/toc/LRX/curr... 1/3

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

✈️ Heading to the Literacy Research Association annual conference? 💡 Here are LR:TMP co-editor, @anna-phd.bsky.social 5 Ideas for Turning LRA Presentations into LR:TMP Papers! 💻 Submission to LR:TMP are open to LRA presenters and are due February 6, 2026 at mc.manuscriptcentral.com/lrtmp

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

📢 Publication Alert! The 2024 Student Outstanding Research Award Paper “Where Is the Line? Narratives of Justice and Equity-Oriented Pedagogies in a Conflicted Sociopolitical Climate” by Jennifer Ervin is now live at journals.sagepub.com/toc/LRX/curr...

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Bright, inviting graphic with a teal grid background announcing a Call for Reviewers for Literacy Research: Theory, Method & Practice, Volume 75. A bold orange banner centers the call, with the review window listed below and a large QR code providing direct access to details. The bottom text notes that doctoral students are also welcome to volunteer.

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

📢 Publication Alert! The 2024 Distinguished Scholar Lifetime Achievement Award Address Paper titled “Beyond Puntos y Rayas: Translanguaging Pedagogy for Language Minoritized Students” by Ofelia García Otheguy and Loukia K. Sarroub is now live at journals.sagepub.com/toc/LRX/curr...

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

📢 Publication alert! 🗒️The Integrative Research Review titled “Good Trouble, Necessary Narratives: The 2024 LRA Integrative Research Review Panel” is now live!

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

📢 Publication alert! 🗒️Dr. Alfred Tatum’s Presidential Address “Troubling the Dark: Un(bounded) Black Male Literacy Development” is now live! 1/3

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

📢 Publication Alert! Volume 74 of Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice is now live at: journals.sagepub.com/toc/LRX/curr... 1/4

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

✨ The Friendly Review sign-up deadline has been extended to October 31! ✨ If you’re an author looking for mentorship & feedback before submitting to LR:TMP, this initiative connects you with experienced literacy scholars who can help strengthen your work. ➡️ Sign up: about.illinoisstate.edu/lrtmp/

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Anna Smith @anna-phd.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Presenting at LRA? An emerging scholar? You can participate in the Friendly Review. Info below! Submissions due October 29th, 2025.

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Anna Smith @anna-phd.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

What's this @lrtmp.bsky.social Friendly Review I've been posting about? Check out Dr. Sonia Kline's vid! Submissions due October 29th, 2025.

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Anna Smith @anna-phd.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

#literacies friends, want to support an emerging scholar who is going to be presenting at the Literacy Research Association? Sign up to be a Friendly Review Mentor! Info below. Submissions due October 29th, 2025.

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Want to know what the Friendly Review Process entails? In this video, Dr. Sonia Kline explains how this mentoring initiative connects emerging scholars and mentors to strengthen manuscripts and foster a generous, caring feedback culture. Learn more and sign up ➡️ about.illinoisstate.edu/lrtmp/

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Seeking mentors! Editors of LR:TMP are continuing the Friendly Review process for grad students & early career scholars (e.g. pre-tenured) for Vol. 75. We are seeking mentors to support these authors. To sign up/learn more please click: about.illinoisstate.edu/lrtmp/

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Exciting news! Editors of LR:TMP, Vol. 75 invite grad students & early career scholars (pre-tenured) to join the Friendly Review process for Vol. 75. To sign up/learn more about the participation criteria, please click here: about.illinoisstate.edu/lrtmp/

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

💡Want to know what happens after you submit your article for LR:TMP? One of our Co-Editors Dr. Sonia Kline shares the processes after you click submit! youtube.com/shorts/9jtpT...

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

📢 Publication alert! 💡Gretchen S. Goode, Laurie MacGillivray, Margie Sauceda Curwen, Amy Lassiter Ardell, and Leslee K. Bailey-Tarbett’s article “Flattening Hierarchies and Encouraging Reflection: Systems Maps as a Local Literacy Practice” is now live at journals.sagepub.com/toc/LRX/curr...

Text on a light background of jigsaw puzzle piece Flattening Hierarchies and Encouraging Reflection: Systems Maps as a Local Literacy Practice Gretchen S. Goode, Laurie MacGillivray, Margie Sauceda Curwen, Amy Lassiter Ardell, Leslee K. Bailey-Tarbett

In this study, authors explore systems thinking maps as a local literacy practice in a systems thinking professional development institute for PreK-8 teachers. Employing a case study approach, the authors investigated the mapping of literacy events. Their findings highlight the potential of systems thinking maps to foster collective understandings of systems thinking, deepen understandings via the co-construction of dynamic texts, and imagine pedagogical possibilities.

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

💡How can dialogue, culture, & community shape student comprehension? 📝Janet Kim Outlaw & Jill F. Grifenhagen share insights from rural teachers on dialogic ELA during digital learning. 💻 Read: “Theorizing Digital Dialogic Comprehension Pedagogy” at journals.sagepub.com/toc/LRX/curr...

An infographic titled "Theorizing Digital Dialogic Comprehension Pedagogy with Rural Primary Teachers: A Relational Praxis of Knowledge, Space, and Time" by Janet Kim Outlaw and Jill F. Grifenhagen. It presents five key discussion points, each in a colored box with matching icons:
1. Green box (with dialogue icon): “Comprehension is more than a product of reading, but is a process of co-constructing knowledge plurality through dialogic discourse.”
2. Orange box (with circular community icon): “Culture and community are integral in forming dialogic discourse for individual and collective transformations.”
3. Blue box (with puzzle piece and book icon): “Pedagogical synergies exist between talk, reading, comprehension, and writing.”
4. Red box (with four interlocking hands icon): “Professional development on participatory and community-engaged approaches for dialogic pedagogies is needed.”
5. Purple box (with layered discourse lines icon): “Dialogic comprehension pedagogy is a praxis of perceiving and enacting upon multiple voices and knowledges within sociocultural particularities.”
Below the discussion points, a flowchart displays two processes:
• “Perceiving Dialogism in Comprehension: Espousing Dialogic Stances” (linked to comprehension, knowledges, and voices).
• “Enacting Dialogism in Comprehension: Responding to Particularities” (linked to instructional contexts, digital discourses, and pandemic times).
At the bottom, text encourages viewers to explore Literacy Research: Theory, Method & Practice with a QR code and social media handles (@LRTMP on BlueSky, Facebook, and Instagram). The graphic credits the Education Now Lab at Illinois State University. The background is soft yellow with colorful, rounded rectangles for each discussion point.

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

📢 Publication alert! 📝Janet Kim Outlaw and Jill F. Grifenhagen’s article “Theorizing Digital Dialogic Comprehension Pedagogy with Rural Primary Teachers: A Relational Praxis of Knowledge, Space, and Time” is now live at journals.sagepub.com/toc/LRX/curr...

Text on a light background of jigsaw puzzle piece Theorizing Digital Dialogic Comprehension Pedagogy with Rural Primary Teachers: A Relational Praxis of Knowledge, Space, and Time Janet Kim Outlaw, Jill F. Grifenhagen

This grounded theory study explored how primary-grade teachers perceive and enact dialogic English Language Arts (ELA) comprehension pedagogy in the novel context of pandemic-induced digital learning. By collecting digital artifacts of ELA comprehension instruction and conducting virtual interviews with nine diverse rural primary teachers teaching digitally during the coronavirus disease pandemic, the authors present an emergent substantive theory which represents connected, iterative processes of teachers perceiving and enacting dialogic, digital instruction.

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

As we begin the peer review cycle for the Literacy Research Association’s journal @lrtmp.bsky.social, here are 5 tips for a humanizing review from Co-Editors @ljhands.bsky.social and Deborah MacPhee: youtube.com/shorts/ONN3Y...

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

🚨 Due Date Extended! 📢 LR:TMP v. 74 submissions now due Feb. 11, 2025. 🌍 Published works will be considered for the More Just World Award, honoring literacy research that dismantles harmful status quos. 🔗 Submit: mc.manuscriptcentral.com/lrtmp 🔗 Learn More: about.illinoisstate.edu/lrtmp/

A digital announcement for Literacy Research: Theory, Method & Practice, Volume 74 displays a Due Date Extended! message in large, bold text. It invites presenters from the 2024 LRA Conference to submit manuscripts for possible inclusion in the journal. The new submission deadline is emphasized in red: Monday, February 10, 2025. Below the text, two QR codes are labeled Manuscript Guidelines and Submission Link. At the bottom, a contact email for questions is provided: LRA_LRTMP@illinoisstate.edu. The background is a soft textured gray, and the text is styled in a professional serif font.

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

💡How can teachers use culturally sustaining & historically responsive pedagogies to mentor emergent readers in code-based aspects of literacy? 📝Molly Claire Marek & Vickie C. Godfrey share steps teachers can take. 👉 Share with teachers & teacher educators today! 💻 Read their article in LRTMP.

A green slide with a wavy design with text that reads “Elementary Preservice Teachers’ Experiences at the Intersection of Culturally Sustaining and Historically Responsive Pedagogies, Early Literacy, and the Science of Reading by Molly Claire Marek & Vickie C. Godfrey.” The right side of the slide contains text “. How can teachers sustain the lifeways of children and communities? Young learners' literacy experiences are informed by their relationships with family, and individual interests. So, teachers can: Recognize learners' identities and interests as important for designing instruction. Learn and center instruction around learners' families and lives. Attend to aspects of individual interests and collective elements of learners' cultures.

On a green slide with a wavy design, there is a picture of a teacher in a classroom, sitting on the floor with an alphabet book, as three children lay on their floor with their elbows. The text reads: How can teachers create space for code-based and meaning-making skills? Young learners make sense of their world through print text, images, stories, art, etc. simultaneously. So, teachers can: Foster knowledge of the written code embedded in authentic texts and meaningful activity. Direct attention to code-based aspects of language, embedding phonics skill development within meaning-making practices. Draw on a full range of children's meaning-making resources, which is key for emergent readers and emergent bilingual youth. Open space for multimodal and playful meaning-making by de-centering print text.

On a green slide with a wavy design, there is a picture of a teacher in a classroom, pointing to a book on a table where two children are sitting. The text reads: How can educators teach responsively? Comprehensive approaches to teaching literacy informed both by reading sciences and sociocultural perspectives and responsive to learners' full meaning-making resources are found to be most effective. So, teachers can: Engage in adaptive teaching practices to infuse initial lesson plans with young learners' preferences and meaning-making resources. Remain flexible to make shifts from initial instructional plans to support student learning.

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

📢 Submissions Open! 2024 LRA Conference presenters- submit manuscripts based on your presentations for possible inclusion in LR:TMP, Vol. 74. Due date: Feb 7, 2025 📩 Submit: mc.manuscriptcentral.com/lrtmp 📖 Guidelines: journals.sagepub.com/author-instr... 📧 Questions? LRA_LRTMP@illinoisstate.edu

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

📢 Publication alert! 💡 Molly Claire Marek, Vickie C. Godfrey’s article “Elementary Preservice Teachers' Experiences at The Intersection Of Culturally Sustaining and Historically Responsive Pedagogies, Early Literacy, and The Science Of Reading” is now live at journals.sagepub.com/toc/LRX/curr...

Text on a light background of books arranged diagonally Elementary Preservice Teachers' Experiences at The Intersection Of Culturally Sustaining and Historically Responsive Pedagogies, Early Literacy, And The Science Of Reading Molly Claire Marek, Vickie C. Godfrey

This phenomenological study focuses on preservice teachers' (PST) experiences mentoring early elementary readers. Thematic results illustrate how PSTs sustained the lifeways of children through literacy as a social practice, created space for code-based and meaning-making skills, and learned to teach responsively. The authors discuss implications for a comprehensive approach to prepare teachers of elementary literacy: one that fosters knowledge of the written code while contextualizing knowledge in children's cultures, communities, and experiences.

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

📢 Publication alert! 💡 Check out "We Don’t Talk About Race In The Classroom”: Chinese DLBE Teachers’ Raciolinguistic Ideologies, Critical Consciousness Evasion, and Language And Literacy Instructional Practices” by @nuoxu.bsky.social & Verónica E. Valdez at journals.sagepub.com/toc/LRX/curr...

Text on a light background of bookshelves “We Don’t Talk About Race In The Classroom”: Chinese Dual Language Bilingual Education Teachers’ Raciolinguistic Ideologies, Critical Consciousness Evasion, and Language And Literacy Instructional Practices Nuo Xu, Verónica E. Valdez

Drawing on a raciolinguistic perspective and theoretical constructs of critical consciousness, this study examines Chinese dual language bilingual education (DLBE) teachers' lived experiences and the raciolinguistic ideologies shaping their perceived language and literacy pedagogy. Findings reveal that teachers' diverse experiences itnfluenced their ideologies toward language, race, and their language and literacy instructional practices. The authors argue for need to support Chinese DLBE teachers' examinations of their raciolinguistic ideologies.

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Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice @lrtmp.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

📢Publication alert! 📝 Check out “Close to My Heart”: Multi-Duo Autoethnography Into Teacher Educators Building Racial Literacy in Initial Teacher Preparation” by Catherine Lammert, @amytondreau.bsky.social, Xiufang Chen, Rhonda Hylton, Lisa O’Brien, Shuling Yang journals.sagepub.com/toc/LRX/curr...

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