A Brave New World Requires Courage: New Directions for Literacy Research and Teaching

Research in the Teaching of English Aug 2023

A Brave New World Requires Courage: New Directions for Literacy Research and Teaching

Deborah Appleman

Abstract

I offer a meditation on current challenges faced by literacy educators and researchers and uses those challenges to suggest new directions for the field. Citing the precipitous decline in interest in the humanities and the field of literacy education, I consider the significance of tools such as ChatGPT for the teaching of writing. I explore the significance of out-of-school literacies and the linguistic diversity of today’s students in terms of their implications for literacy instruction. I also remind us of the chilling political climate in which we find ourselves, especially with regard to LGBTQ+ identities. Given these contemporary challenges, I suggest that we in the field of literacy education rethink the nature of writing instruction, restructure our research paradigm to be more inclusive and democratic, and continue to be forceful political advocates for pedagogies, practices, and policies that will ensure a just and equitable literacy education for all.

Journal: Research in the Teaching of English
Published: 2023-08-01
DOI: 10.58680/rte202332608
Open Access: Closed
Topics: writing pedagogy artificial intelligence gender and writing translingualism

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