Professor Dr. Isabelle Montésinos Gelet

Biography

Isabelle Montésinos-Gelet is a full professor in the Department of Didactics at the University of Montreal. Since her engagement in 1999, she has participated in over twenty research projects focused on the didactics of reading and writing. Her interest in children's literature began in the late 1980s when she worked as a school librarian in a school in Lyon. She is a researcher in education sciences with a background in psychology, particularly concerned with learning written French. Throughout her career, she has closely collaborated with teachers to enhance educational practices. Her research focuses on the use of children's literature for teaching purposes, the appropriation of written French, and various strategies related to reading and writing education. Montésinos-Gelet has received recognition for her contributions, including the Prix Raymond-Plante in 2016, highlighting her impact on educational practices and her commitment to supporting teachers in making children's literature central to their teaching methods.

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