creativity, criticality, empowerment

1 Friday July 6th - Sunday July 8th 2018 Mercure Holland House Hotel, Cardiff54th International ConferenceLiteracies in a changing world:creativity, criticality, empowermentThe 54th UKLA Annual International Conference is proud to be sponsored by:ContentsThe UKLA 54th International Conference2 Practical Details4 Outline Programme5 Plenary Speakers6 UKLA Awards8 Parallel Sessions ProgrammeFridayA1 - A1012 - 15 FridayB1 - B915 - 17 FridayC1 - C818 - 20 FridayD1 - D1021 - 24 FridayE1 - E1025 - 27 Saturday F1 - F1029 - 32 Saturday G1 - G1033 - 35 Saturday H1 - H1035 - 38 Saturday I1 - I1038 - 41 Saturday J1 - J1041 - 45 Saturday K1 - K945 - 47 Sunday L150 Sunday M1 - M1050 - 53 Sunday N1 - N954 - 55 Sunday O1 - O1056 - 58 Conference Centre Floor Plans60 Index of Presenters622019 International Conference64 About the ProgrammeThis programme is correct at the time of going to press, and wewill do everything we can to ensure that it remains as do, however.

2 Reserve the right to alter the programme in anyway should circumstances require it and hope that you will supportus in are delighted to be holding this year s conference in is the capital of Wales and seat of The National Assemblyfor Wales since its formation in 1999. There have been settlementsin this area since at least the early Neolithic era. The town grewup around the Norman castle built on the site of an earlierRoman fort and then expanded rapidly in the 19th century asTiger Bay, now known as Cardiff docks, became a major portfor the transport of coal from the Welsh valleys. At its peak,Tiger Bay was the busiest port in the world. It was settled bysailors and workers from over 50 countries and became Wales most diverse multi-ethnic community. The decline in demandfor coal after the Second World War however led to severe un-employment and ultimately communities were moved out of thearea, preparing the way for its redevelopment as a centre forleisure and business and the construction of the Welsh NationalAssembly building.

3 The rich literary and cultural history of Wales is brought togetherin the annual National Eisteddfod which will be held this yearin Cardiff in August. The National Eisteddfod is a diverse festivalof the arts which celebrates a strong tradition and heritagewhilst also including contemporary art and literature which isspoken, sung, written and performed. Each year Cardiff hosts aChildren s Literature Festival, and an annual Storytelling Festivalpromotes storytelling throughout Wales and beyond. In 1897, Marconi successfully transmitted the world s first radiosignals across water near Cardiff and so it therefore seems fittingthat Cardiff is now established as a leading centre for themedia. It boasts the oldest record shop in the world, hosts BBCW ales, S4C, ITV Cymru Wales, various media companies and filmstudios, and is the location for leading television series includingDoctor Whoand Sherlock. Cardiff is also known for its sportingexcellence - for rugby of course, but also for football, athletics,cricket and much Welsh language and Welsh culture are very important toWales identity.

4 Welsh is regarded as Britain s oldest languageand indeed Wales was one of the first countries to use its ownlanguage to make laws. In Wales, as elsewhere, issues of lan-guage and power have been closely entwined. In 1536, HenryVIII passed the Act of Union, which prohibited the use of Welshin public administration and the legal system and some yearslater the Act of Uniformity was passed which required all actsof public worship to be conducted in English. In the 19th centurythe Welsh language suffered further decline in the light of sig-nificant discrimination towards Welsh speakers, evident in theinfamous Welsh Notsigns, hung around the necks of school-children who spoke Welsh. Today however many areas of thecountry are bilingual, children learn about Welsh culture andlanguage through their education, and there is a thriving Welshpublishing industry. Cardiff is a linguistically diverse communitywith Welsh and English now spoken amongst approximately 90other this background of political, economic, cultural and lin-guistic change, we take as our 2018 conference theme, Literaciesin a changing world: creativity, criticality, empowerment .

5 Thefirst part of the 21st century has been characterised by globaleconomic, political and environmental turmoil leading to con-siderable inequity and fears for the future. We are also living ina time of particularly rapid change for literacy as availablemeans of communication and expression become increasinglydiverse, multimodal and mobile. Literacy education has a keypart to play here, not least because literacy is clearly aboutmore than a score on an assessment sheet. It is central to howwe live our lives: how we relate to one another, how we poolour resources, and how we interrogate who we are and imaginewhat we might be and do together. At this year s conference we invite delegates to consider howwe operate within and contribute to this challenging context,a context in which curriculum frameworks often struggle tokeep in step with the changing literacies of everyday life. Instimulating these debates, we welcome five inspirationalkeynote speakers who will address this theme in differentways.

6 Together, they invite us to consider the literacies neededto respond to an ever-changing world and the kind of literacyprovision that supports learners creative and critical participationin the world around them in ways that are equitable, empoweringand personally Williams AM will open the conference on Friday Williams is Welsh Assembly Member for Brecon andRadnorshire. A previous leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats,she is Cabinet Secretary for Education. We are delighted to welcomeher to the UKLA conference. We are honoured that Professor Patricia Enciso will give ouropening keynote. Patricia is Professor of Literacy, Literature, andEquity Studies at Ohio State University, a past president of theLiteracy Research Association and a passionate advocate for socialjustice. Rooted firmly in classroom practice, her recent work hasapproached reading through a focus on the arts. Her keynote willexplore storytelling as a means of imagining and transformingsocial inequality.

7 The 54th UKLA International ConferenceCroeso i Gymru. Croeso i is with great pleasure that we welcome you to the United Kingdom Literacy Association (UKLA) s 54thUKLA International conference held this year at the Mercure Cardiff Holland House Hotel and Spa in to those who are attending our international conference for the first time, to those who havetravelled from overseas and of course to all those who have returned for another year. Our conferencepresents a rich opportunity to share perspectives and experiences across regions and nations. We hopethat you will enjoy the programme and look forward to many stimulating and lively conversations overthe course of the Friday afternoon our speaker is Jonny Walker, AssistantHeadteacher at Park Primary School in Stratford, East a powerful and moving seminar on hopemongering in 2016, we have invited him to share his reflections and practicewith all delegates this year. In his keynote, he will explore therole of anecdote in the classroom, foregrounding the importanceof relationships, trust and humour in facilitating creativity, authorship and the exploration of power.

8 Our first keynote on Saturday will be given by Keri Facer, Professorof Educational and Social Futures at the University of Fellow for the UK Research Council s ConnectedCommunities Programme, Keri s work is always imaginative,engaging and provocative In her keynote Keri will make the casefor Futures literacies - ways of making sense of, talking about,imagining, disrupting and creating futures - and explore howliteracy research and practice can contribute to this broader Saturday afternoon we are delighted to welcome one of theleading writers of our time. Multi-award winning author DavidAlmond has captivated readers with stories that tug at conven-tion and demand his readers involvement both emotionallyand intellectually. David is the author of Skellig, My name isMina, Heaven Eyes, The Savage, The Fire Eaters, A Song for EllaGreyand many more. In his keynote he will reflect on his ownwriting process in exploring relationships between creativity, imagination, and Sunday, we close the conference with the annual HaroldRosen Memorial lecture, which is given this year by Dr John Potterfrom University College London.

9 John will explore resonancesbetween Harold Rosen s vision for the 1958 Walworth Schoolsyllabus and the rich and ever-changing possibilities of the digitalage. Always thought-provoking and entertaining, his talk celebratesan enduring commitment to the significance of social and culturaldimensions of literacy and to embracing emergent possibilities. In addition to our keynote speakers, this year we have scheduleda record number of seminars, workshops and symposia. As alwaysour parallel sessions reflect a wide range of subjects and per-spectives, representing the richness, creativity and inclusivenessthat is at the heart of UKLA s vision for literacy education. Topicsrange, for example, from fake news to communities of writers,from imagined worlds to multilingualism, and from internationalcomparisons to studies of individuals. St. Anthony s PrimarySchool, Renfrewshire is the 2017-18 Literacy School of the yearand winners of the Our Class Loves this Book award are LynnStuart and Heather Sanderson of Wallace Primary, Renfrewshire(P3 class), with Pugs of the Frozen Northby Philip Reeves andSarah McIntyre.

10 Both schools will present their work on Saturdayand they will be honoured at the awards addition to attending sessions, the conference is a valuableopportunity to meet old friends and make new ones, to forgenew alliances, and to discuss practice and ideas over a coffeeor a drink in the bar. Please do come along to our 10th BirthdayBook Awards will be introduced this year by author/translatorDaniel Hahn on Friday evening. After dinner, in a reprise fromGlasgow, there is a storytelling session with Alastair Daniels andTracy Parvin. On Saturday evening, all members are invited to our AnnualGeneral Meeting. We pride ourselves in being an inclusive, sup-portive and diverse community and we welcome all membersto be actively involved in the work of the Association. If you areinterested in becoming more involved, the AGM is an opportunityto make yourself known to a member of the UKLA ExecutiveCommittee. The AGM is followed by the annual UKLA international Gala Dinner,during which the UKLA Awards will be presented, followed bya performance by poet Joseph Coehlo.