Playful Methods: Engaging the Unexpected in Literacy Research - Paperback

by Carmen Liliana Medina (Author), Mia Perry (Author), Karen Wohlwend (Author)

This book introduces three new subjects to the context of literacy research-play, the imaginary, and improvisation-and proposes how to incorporate these important concepts into the field as research methods in order to engage people, materials, spaces, and imaginaries that are inherent in every research encounter.

Author Biography

Carmen Liliana Medina is Associate Professor of Literacy, Culture and Language Education at Indiana University, USA.

Mia Perry is Senior Lecturer of Literacies and Arts in Education at the University of Glasgow, Scotland.

Karen Wohlwend is Professor of Literacy, Culture, and Language Education at Indiana University, USA.