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Restor(y)ing Paintings: Creating Multiple Narratives in a Multi-Ethnic Nursery.

Jim Grant, teacher and Pippa Couch, art historian.

This project proposes to develop children’s relationship with paintings in the National Gallery’s collection whereby the ‘national’ or official view is critically considered and where alternative narratives that reflect the communities are created.

Current UKLA Funded Projects

Discovering doctoral literacies: the emergence of new literacy events and relational doctoral practice

Teacher’s perceptions and experiences of using narrative video games to teach literacy

Reading for Cultural Meaning: Creating a literacy toolkit for English teachers to use when selecting prose texts for diverse students. Melissa Jogie

The multimodal school play: integrating performative digital animation into narrative and set design

‘To start talking phonics is crazy’: how parents understand ‘literacy’ in the lives of children with learning disabilities

Past UKLA Funded Projects

Grammar policy, pedagogy and the primary-secondary transition: students’ perceptions and reflections: Ian Cushing & Marie Helks

“You’ll never be as good as the white kids in their language”: using Young Adult fiction to explore language discrimination in schools. Dr Ian Cushing & Mr Anthony Carter

What literature texts are being taught in Years 7 to 9? Judith Kneen, Cardiff Metropolitan University

Developing effective oral feedback exchanges: supporting children’s writing at key stage two.

Rivers of Multilingual Reading – Torrent or Trickle? Sabine Little, University of Sheffield

Agentic Writing across the Primary Curriculum: Using Dramatic Enquiry in a Community of Writers