Katie Van Sluys
Trying on and Trying Out: Participatory Action Research as a Tool for Literacy and Identity Work in Middle Grades Classrooms
DePaul University
abstract article explores role collaborative ethnographic participatory action research par eighth grade students set possible literacy practices involving students issues connected lives resources languages communities findings based year fieldwork conducted part shared inquiry one public school communitys experiences gentrification meeting complex needs diverse learners findings bring life ways par facilitates redefining reading writing research reconsideration languages rethinking literacy practices repositioning participants within beyond given research endeavors