Biography

Dr. Shelley Stagg Peterson is a Professor in the Language & Literacy in Education program (LLE) in the Department of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning (CTL) at the 91直播 (OISE).

Research interests

Her research interests include young children鈥檚 language and literacy, play-based learning, collaborative action research, northern rural and Indigenous education, children鈥檚 Indigenous language learning, feedback on writing, writing assessment and instruction, and children鈥檚 literature. One of her SSHRC-funded research projects is the Northern Oral language and Writing Project through Play (NOW Play) which includes early childhood educators, teachers, parents/caregivers, and community members from Indigenous communities, as well as university researchers in Canada, New Zealand, and Sweden. . Recently, she has co-edited the book Roles of place and play in young children鈥檚 oral and written language which was published by the University of Toronto Press.