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Toohey, Kelleen; Smythe, Suzanne – Language and Education, 2022
In this paper we propose that posthuman and decolonizing perspectives on difference might provide a foundation for English as an additional language (EAL) teacher education programs. We briefly examine current outcomes of schooling for EAL students and current teacher education in Canada, showing the necessity and urgency of developing practices…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teacher Education Programs
Dagenais, Diane; Toohey, Kelleen; Bennett Fox, Alexa; Singh, Angelpreet – Language and Education, 2017
In this article, we explain how recent research on multilingualism, multilingual education, and multimodality informs our thinking about the use of "ScribJab," a multilingual iPad application and website ("ScribJab.com"), which enables users to compose, illustrate, and narrate stories in two languages. Drawing on excerpts from…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Handheld Devices, Web Sites, Writing (Composition)
Toohey, Kelleen; Dagenais, Diane – Language and Education, 2015
In this paper, we present excerpts from ethnographic data collected when a diverse classroom of children, some of whom were multilingual and others monolingual in English, used iPads to make videos. We discuss the practices, social relations, objects and material conditions that emerged as the children engaged in this production, with special…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Ethnography, Teaching Methods, Creativity
Smythe, Suzanne; Toohey, Kelleen – Language and Education, 2009
We describe a collaborative project in which university researchers, teachers and Grade 4-5 English language learners (ELLs) investigated the sociohistorical contexts and practices in which the ELLs participate, through a "community scan". Many observers have argued that schools and teachers have such minimal knowledge of the…
Descriptors: Community Leaders, Foreign Countries, Multilingualism, Second Language Learning
van Enk, Anneke; Dagenais, Diane; Toohey, Kelleen – Language and Education, 2005
Much research on reading and writing in schools continues to focus on individual cognitive skills. In contrast, investigations of literacy-learning in out-of-school settings have often taken a socio-cultural perspective, situating reading and writing in social relations and cultural institutions. The last 20 years have seen a proliferation of…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Sociocultural Patterns, Thinking Skills, Learning Processes