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Innovative Qualitative Methodologies in Multilingual Literacy Development Research: Amplifying voices from immigrant, transnational, and refugee communities
Edited by Amanda K. Kibler and Fares J. Karam
[Research Methods in Applied Linguistics 11] 2025
► pp. 261–264

Chapter 14
Conclusion: Innovative research on multilingual literacy development

New directions for methodology

 | Oregon State University
 | University of Nevada, Reno
In this concluding chapter to the volume, Innovative Qualitative Meth­od­ologies in Multilingual Literacy Development Research: Amplifying Voices from Immigrant, Transnational, and Refugee Communities, we argue for the importance of responsive, inclusive, and ecological epistemologies in guiding researchers engaged in critical and equity-oriented qualitative research in multilingual contexts. We close with implications for qualitative literacy researchers as they rethink data, theory, and positionality in their work.
Keywords: qualitative, literacy, multilingual, methodology, innovation, equity
Article outline
  • Introduction
  • The value of responsive, inclusive, and ecological stances for equity-oriented research
  • The ethical motivation to be literacy researchers on the move
  • References
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