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72.047 - Rumblings From the #playrevolution in Literacies: Transforming Knowledge Into Action Through the Power of Play

Mon, May 1, 2:15 to 3:45pm, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, Floor: Meeting Room Level, Room 210 B

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Five qualitative researchers amplify children and youth voices to demonstrate the rumblings of a #playrevolution in diverse literacies contexts--from kindergartners’ playful mockery of print to high schoolers’ introspective multimodal compositions. The papers aim to
resituate the conversation on play, arguing that it’s not a question of where play fits into the curriculum, but rather how, within a standardized curriculum, students engage play as a way of agentically making space for the enactment of social worlds. Findings across the papers suggest that students of all ages use play as an intellectual space for sociopolitical action, lending support to the position that equitable access to play is a social justice issue. Researchers and teachers are called to join the #playrevolution.

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