Area 3: Literacy Instruction and Literacy Learning

The Discursive Construction of “Safe Spaces” in Schools and the Possibilities for a Queer Alternative - Caroline Clark, The Ohio State University

Towards a socio-material understanding of resources in early childhood classroom writing - Lisa Kervin, University of Wollongong; Barbara Comber, Queensland University; Annette Woods, Queensland University of Technology

Improvisation, Literacy, and Emergence - Samuel Jaye Tanner, The Pennsylvania State University in Altoona; Kevin Michael Leander, Vanderbilt University

Museums as Sites for Literacy Research Consciousness: A Trans-National Comparison of Two Experiences - Raul A Mora, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana; William Kist, Kent State University; Gloria Gutierrez, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana; Monica Maria Lopez-Ladino, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana; Ana Karina Rodriguez, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana; Jennifer L Toney, Kent State University; Beth Walsh-Moorman, Kent State University; Lisa Hart, Kent State University