Navan Govender
@navangovender.bsky.social
Lecturer: Applied Lang & Lit Studies
@Strathclyde Institute of Ed (Glasgow, UK)
Queer Critical Literacies; Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis; Decoloniality; Social Semiotics; (Auto)Ethnography
UKLA Vice-Pres + ILA Co-editor: The Reading Teacher
@Strathclyde Institute of Ed (Glasgow, UK)
Queer Critical Literacies; Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis; Decoloniality; Social Semiotics; (Auto)Ethnography
UKLA Vice-Pres + ILA Co-editor: The Reading Teacher
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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!
Please share the call widely!
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!
*These don't show data; article in progress!
Thank you Dr Saima Salehjee for organising; Prof Khadijia Mohammed, a phenomenal force for change!
July 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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!
*These don't show data; article in progress!
Thank you Dr Saima Salehjee for organising; Prof Khadijia Mohammed, a phenomenal force for change!
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
July 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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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✂️ 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
🔗 Download the infographic: bit.ly/TricksOfContext
#Misinformation #NewsLiteracy
July 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
✂️ 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
🔗 Download the infographic: bit.ly/TricksOfContext
#Misinformation #NewsLiteracy
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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...
@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…
childrenspoetrysummit.com
June 26, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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...
@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...
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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
June 26, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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
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
@uklitassociation.bsky.social @unistrathclyde.bsky.social
June 26, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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
@uklitassociation.bsky.social @unistrathclyde.bsky.social
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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)!
June 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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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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
June 16, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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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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...
June 14, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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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@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
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
May 18, 2025 at 7:53 AM
@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
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
It was brilliant to connect. Thank you @nuthmani.bsky.social for your leadership!
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
June 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
It was brilliant to connect. Thank you @nuthmani.bsky.social for your leadership!
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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...
May 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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...
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
Thanks also to the speakers who offered insights into research methods; intersectionality in/through/for/with languages, identity, and power in education
May 15, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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
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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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!
See asset-based pedagogy and self-determination theory at work here & at the May 16th summit!
May 10, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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!
See asset-based pedagogy and self-determination theory at work here & at the May 16th summit!
Reposted by Navan Govender
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
@crodriguezmojica.bsky.social @@ilatoday.bsky.social @navangovender.bsky.social
May 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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
@crodriguezmojica.bsky.social @@ilatoday.bsky.social @navangovender.bsky.social
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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
@crodriguezmojica.bsky.social @ilatoday.bsky.social @navangovender.bsky.social
May 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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
@crodriguezmojica.bsky.social @ilatoday.bsky.social @navangovender.bsky.social
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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
January 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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's Statement on Equalities Act 2010. Read it online here: buff.ly/UnBDHEz
May 3, 2025 at 8:08 AM
UKLA's Statement on Equalities Act 2010. Read it online here: buff.ly/UnBDHEz
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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.'
'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.'
"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-...
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…
writing4pleasure.com
April 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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.'
'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.'
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...
Submit by Apr 11 2025 #EducationEquity #LiteracyResearch #LanguageDiversity
bit.ly/ILA_RTAbstra...
April 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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...
Submit by Apr 11 2025 #EducationEquity #LiteracyResearch #LanguageDiversity
bit.ly/ILA_RTAbstra...
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
March 31, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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
Reposted by Navan Govender
📢 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!
Please share the call widely!
March 10, 2025 at 10:08 AM
📢 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!
Please share the call widely!
A night with Jackie Kay and the Makars:
Hannah Lavery
Liz Lochhead
Michael Pedersen
@unistrathclyde.bsky.social
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Hannah Lavery
Liz Lochhead
Michael Pedersen
@unistrathclyde.bsky.social
💚
March 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
A night with Jackie Kay and the Makars:
Hannah Lavery
Liz Lochhead
Michael Pedersen
@unistrathclyde.bsky.social
💚
Hannah Lavery
Liz Lochhead
Michael Pedersen
@unistrathclyde.bsky.social
💚
📢 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!
Please share the call widely!
March 10, 2025 at 10:08 AM
📢 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!
Please share the call widely!