Learners, environments and differences - insights from literacy research
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2025
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Comber, B.
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Qualitative Research Journal, 2025; 25(1):52-59
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PurposeThe purpose of this article is to introduce qualitative research in literacy that has been significant in educators understanding difference in young people's literacy learning.Design/methodology/approachThe approach has been to select influential investigations that have impacted over time and to summarise the insights provided.FindingsThis article foregrounds research that helps educators understand learner difference as positive resources and that contests approaches which perpetuate deficit discourses.Originality/valueThe article offers a distinctive and selective reading of literacy studies to highlight and remind readers of what is known about language and literacy learning that should not be ignored in designing further research nor in interpreting existing studies.
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Copyright 2024 Emerald Publishing
Access Condition Notes: Accepted manuscript available open access