Winner of the UKLA/ Wiley Research in Literacy Education Award 2023

Congratulations to Ian Cushing and Anthony Carter for their paper Using young adult fiction to interrogate raciolinguistic ideologies in schools.

The Awards Committee were very impressed with this paper, which reports on research that engages young people in the UK and their reading of fictional texts in relation to understandings and perceptions of raciolinguistic ideologies in schools. It recognises the capacity for young people to contribute to contentious and complex topics. The genuine nature of participation and agency of both teachers and learners in this research was evident. The careful positioning of the researchers was also appreciated and further strengthened the methodological basis. The work is accessible and applicable both to literacy researchers as well as school-teachers and leaders. Methodologically strong, and highly pertinent in terms of socio-political conditions today, we highly recommend the authors for their clear and powerful work in this area.