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Julie McAdam is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Glasgow in Language and Literacies. She has developed teacher education programmes in Scotland and the Middle East that emphasize inclusive and culturally relevant pedagogy, promoting learning in diverse contexts. Julie has published work on threshold concepts concerning the transition to becoming a teacher. Her research for the past ten years has focused on the role of children's literature in supporting teachers who work with New Arrival children in Europe. Currently, her work involves using directed storytelling to create narratives that challenge negative discourses and recount positive stories related to identity, language, and migration. Julie also supervises postgraduate research and has been recognized for her contributions to children's literature and literacy education. She previously led an MEd and MSc in TESOL at the School of Education and is actively involved in various national and international research projects that support children's literature as a safe space for exploring identity, migration, and intercultural understandings.
University of Glasgow • Glasgow
Teaching courses related to Children's Literature and Literacies.