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32 - From Language Biography to a Research Life’s Journey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2022

By
Shelley K. Taylor
Edited by
Gail Prasad ,
Nathalie Auger  and
Emmanuelle Le Pichon Vorstman
Gail Prasad
Affiliation:
York University, Toronto
Nathalie Auger
Affiliation:
University of Montpellier
Emmanuelle Le Pichon Vorstman
Affiliation:
University of Toronto
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Summary

Kelleen Toohey went to school on the Canadian prairies with Ukrainian-Canadian and Cree classmates. Strongly influenced by the civil rights movement, she continued to document diverse cultural practices to give students “voice.” Using video cameras, tripods, storyboards, and video editing software, she continues to enhance enaction in classrooms, including both human and non-human actors.

Keywords

racismteacher educationpsycholinguisticsmental processes grammatical system sociolinguistics‘sociocultural’theoryimmigrant childrenposthumanismnew materialities multimodality
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Multilingualism and Education
Researchers' Pathways and Perspectives
 , pp. 264 - 271
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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