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Professor Guy Merchant
Research co-ordinator, Cert Ed, BEd Hons, MA, PhD
Phone 0114 225 5099
Email g.h.merchant@shu.ac.uk
Guy is a professor of literacy in education, Research Excellence Framework (REF) co-ordinator and research lead for the Department of Teacher Education. He specialises in research into digital literacy and is particularly interested in the inter-relations between children and young people, new technology and literacy.
He is research convenor for the United Kingdom Literacy Association and a member of the association's Executive Committee and National Council. He has been a core-group member of number of Economic and Social Research Council-funded seminar series and recently co-directed 'Children and Young People's Digital Literacies in Virtual Online Spaces'.
He is a founding editor of the Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, and a member of the Editorial Board of Literacy. He is also active in literacy education and professional work, including writing curriculum materials and professional publications.
Guy blogs about subjects related to literacy, technology and education. Visit his academic blog at http://myvedana.blogspot.com
Selected recent publications
Burnett, C. and Merchant, G. (2011) 'Is there a space for critical literacy in the context of new media?' English, Practice and Critique 10:1
Merchant, G. (2011) 'Unravelling the social network: theory and research.' Learning, Media and Technology
Merchant, G. (2011) 'Critical media literacy.' In C.A.Chapelle (ed), The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell
Merchant, G. (2010) 'Social Media and Primary School Children.' In C.Bazalgette (ed) Teaching Media in Primary Schools. London: Sage
Merchant, G. (2010) 'View my profile(s). In D.Alvermann (ed) Adolescents' Online Literacies. New York: Peter Lang
Merchant, G. (2010) 'Visual Networks: Learning through Photosharing' in C. Lankshear and M. Knobel (eds) DIY Media: Digital Literacies and Learning through Popular Cultural Production. New York: Peter Lang
Merchant, G. (2010) 3D Virtual worlds as environments for literacy teaching. Education Research 52:2 (pp.135-150)
Davies, J. and Merchant, G. (2009) Web 2.0 for Schools: Social Participation and Learning. New York: Peter Lang
Merchant, G. (2009) 'Web 2.0, new literacies and the idea of learning through participation'. English Teaching, Practice and Critique. 8:3 (pp.107-122)
Merchant, G. (2009) 'Literacy in Virtual Worlds' Journal of Research in Reading 32:1 (pp. 38-56)
To view a fuller bibliography by Professor Guy Merchant, visit the Sheffield Hallam University Research Archive.
Current projects
JISC : Digital Futures in Teacher Education (2011–2012)
Doctoral students
- Ruth Barley - The social interactions of young children in a multicultural setting
- Fufy Demissie - The student experience of seminars
- Florence DuJardin - Social media in higher education
- Nigel Woodward - The writing of Thai-English bilinguals
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