Ansattbilde: Janice Mary Bland

Janice Mary Bland

Professor
Fakultet for lærerutdanning og kunst- og kulturfag
E-post
janice.m.bland@nord.no
Telefon
+47 75 51 77 53
Studiested
Bodø
Kontor
Bodø, Hoved Campus 3405
Kompetanseområder
Drama Methodology, Ecopedagogy, ELT Teacher Education, Global Issues, Intercultural Learning, Litteraturdidaktikk, Visual and Critical Literacy in ELT, Children's Literature

Janice is a teacher educator and researches English language and literature teaching (Engelsk språk- og litteraturdidaktik). She has published five books, including the edited volumes Teaching English to Young Learners – Critical Issues in Language Teaching with 3-12 Year Olds (2015) and Using Literature in English Language Education: Challenging Reading for 8-18 Year Olds (2018) as well as the monograph Compelling Stories for English Language Learners – Creativity, Interculturality and Critical Literacy (2022). Janice is editor-in-chief of Children's Literature in English Language Education (CLELEjournal), a diamond open-access journal. She leads the Nord Research Group for Children's Literature in ELT, and has been invited as plenary speaker in Turkey, Germany, Greece, UAE, UK, Italy, Japan, Norway, Portugal, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Finland and Thailand. Janice is the leader of the ELLiL project: English Language and Literature – In-Depth Learning, and is currently preparing the international conference Reading for in-depth English learning – Texts in and beyond the classroom (RidEL 2024). Janice is in addition Professor II at OsloMet University, Norway.

2023
Key strategies for a focus on creative writing in ELT – Using mentor texts in teacher education 2023, Children's Literature in English Language Education (CLELEjournal ): Volum 11 s. 28-53 Bland, Janice
Deep reading for in-depth learning Rehumanizing the Language Curriculum 2023, Peter Lang Publishing Group: s. 81-99 Bland, Janice
2022
Reflekterande kommentar – Literary apprenticeships for young readers and writers 2022, Forskning om undervisning och lärande: Volum 10 s. 140-142 Bland, Janice
Compelling Stories for English Language Learners – Creativity, Interculturality and Critical Literacy 2022, Bloomsbury Academic: Bland, Janice
Deep reading and in-depth Learning in English language education Moving English language teaching forward : Festschrift in honor of Ragnhild Elisabeth Lund 2022, Cappelen Damm Akademisk: s. 17-44 Bland, Janice
2021
Picturebooks that challenge the young English language learner Exploring Challenging Picturebooks in Education: International Perspectives on Language and Literature Learning 2021, Routledge: s. 122-142 Bland, Janice
2020
Using literature for intercultural learning in English language education Teaching and Learning English Interculturally 2020, Cappelen Damm Akademisk: s. 69-89 Bland, Janice
Sharing critical perspectives in ELT with The Hunger Games 2020, Education and Society: Volum 38 s. 39-55 Bland, Janice
2019
Teaching English to Young Learners: More Teacher Education and More Children’s Literature! 2019, Children's Literature in English Language Education (CLELEjournal ): Volum 7 s. 79-103 Bland, Janice
2018
Introduction: the challenge of literature Using Literature in English Language Education Challenging Reading for 8-18 Year Olds 2018, Bloomsbury Academic: s. 1-22 Bland, Janice
Popular Culture Head On: Suzanne Collins’ THE HUNGER GAMES Using Literature in English Language Education Challenging Reading for 8-18 Year Olds 2018, Bloomsbury Academic: s. 175-192 Bland, Janice
Playscript and Screenplay: Creativity with J. K. Rowling’s WIZARDING WORLD Using Literature in English Language Education Challenging Reading for 8-18 Year Olds 2018, Bloomsbury Academic: s. 41-61 Bland, Janice
Brian Selznick’s The Invention of Hugo Cabret as a mentor text for deep reading in ELT 2018, Anglistik: Volum 29 s. 41-53 Bland, Janice
Learning through literature The Routledge Handbook of Teaching English to Young Learners 2018, Routledge: s. 269-287 Bland, Janice
Using Literature in English Language Education Challenging Reading for 8-18 Year Olds 2018, Bloomsbury Academic: Bland, Janice
2017
Radical Children’s Literature in English Education: Escaping Disney with Dialogic Fairy Tales The Institution of English Literature: Formation and Mediation 2017, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht: s. 231-256 Bland, Janice Mary
Realbooks to Picturebooks: 30 years of illustrated literature in ELT IATEFL 2016 Birmingham Conference Selections 2017, s. 171-175 Mourao, Sandie; Ellis, Gail; Bland, Janice; Kovac, Smiljana; Dunn, Opal
2016
ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION and IDEOLOGICAL ISSUES: PICTUREBOOKS and DIVERSITY 2016, Children's Literature in English Language Education (CLELEjournal ): Volum 4 Bland, Janice
2015
ORAL STORYTELLING in the PRIMARY ENGLISH CLASSROOM Teaching English to Young Learners. Critical Issues in Language Teaching with 3-12 Year Olds 2015, Bloomsbury Academic: s. 183-198 Bland, Janice
INTRODUCTION Teaching English to Young Learners. Critical Issues in Language Teaching with 3-12 Year Olds 2015, Bloomsbury Academic: Bland, Janice
GRAMMAR TEMPLATES for the FUTURE with POETRY for CHILDREN Teaching English to Young Learners. Critical Issues in Language Teaching with 3-12 Year Olds 2015, Bloomsbury Academic: Bland, Janice
DRAMA with YOUNG LEARNERS Teaching English to Young Learners. Critical Issues in Language Teaching with 3-12 Year Olds 2015, Bloomsbury Academic: s. 219-238 Bland, Janice
Teaching English to Young Learners. Critical Issues in Language Teaching with 3-12 Year Olds 2015, Bloomsbury Academic: Bland, Janice
2013
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE AND LEARNER EMPOWERMENT. Children and Teenagers in English Language Education 2013, Bloomsbury Academic: Bland, Janice
2023
Creativity and language play – Neglected uses of English in the classroom? 2023, Children's Literature in English Language Education (CLELEjournal ): Volum 11 s. i-v Bland, Janice
The Challenge of Complexity – In-depth Learning in ELT 2023, Children's Literature in English Language Education (CLELEjournal ): Volum 11 Bland, Janice
2022
Review of Joe Winston (2022) Performative Language Teaching in Early Education:Language Learning through Drama and the Arts for Children 3–7 2022, Children's Literature in English Language Education (CLELEjournal ): Volum 10 s. 99-102 Bland, Janice
Interculturality in ELT 2022, Children's Literature in English Language Education (CLELEjournal ): Volum 10 s. ii-vi Bland, Janice
English Language and Literature Pedagogy: Teacher Education Matters 2022, Children's Literature in English Language Education (CLELEjournal ): Volum 10 Bland, Janice
2021
Editorial: Ideology issues 2021, Children's Literature in English Language Education (CLELEjournal ): Volum 9 s. i-v Bland, Janice
Reading Books Underpins Digital Literacy Skills 2021, Children's Literature in English Language Education (CLELEjournal ): Volum 9 s. i-vi Bland, Janice
2020
Stories and Authenticity of Experience 2020, Children's Literature in English Language Education (CLELEjournal ): Volum 8 s. i-vi Bland, Janice
The Plurality of English Subject Pedagogy – a Complex Research Field 2020, Children's Literature in English Language Education (CLELEjournal ): Volum 8 s. i-vii Bland, Janice
Affordances of children’s literature in language education and university challenges 2020, Bland, Janice
2019
Making the stone stony in nonfiction picturebooks 2019, Bland, Janice
The gravity of time: the teacher as actor with Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2019, Bland, Janice
Spinning a story – Weaving grammar and lexis 2019, Bland, Janice
Affordances of the non-canonical and literary innovation 2019, Bland, Janice
Does explicit global citizenship education belong to ELT with young learners? 2019, Bland, Janice
Educational opportunities for literary innovation and creative responses in language education 2019, Bland, Janice
Sharing critical perspectives in teacher education for intercultural learning in ELT 2019, Bland, Janice
‘And how the silence surged softly backward’: poetic writing and the uses of silence 2019, Bland, Janice
Teacher education, the student language teacher and collective teacher efficacy 2019, Bland, Janice
Why reading is vital for language skills 2019, InTuition: Volum 37 Bland, Janice
Editorial: Stereotyping versus Diversity Competence 2019, Children's Literature in English Language Education (CLELEjournal ): Volum 7 s. ii-vii Bland, Janice
Editorial: Extensive Reading and Deep Reading in ELT 2019, Children's Literature in English Language Education (CLELEjournal ): Volum 7 s. ii-vi Bland, Janice
2018
Learning language from an unreliable narrator: The idiom principle (LECTURE). 2018, Bland, Janice
Human rights and critical literacy through literary texts in ELT (LECTURE) 2018, Bland, Janice
EDITORIAL: ELT AS A PLURICULTURAL SPACE 2018, Children's Literature in English Language Education (CLELEjournal ): Volum 6 Bland, Janice; Mourao, Sandie
EDITORIAL: THE GLOBAL REACH OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE AND ELT – FROM BANA COUNTRIES TO THE MAJORITY WORLD. 2018, Children's Literature in English Language Education (CLELEjournal ): Volum 6 s. ii-vi Bland, Janice; Mourao, Sandie
Annotated Bibliography: Literary Texts Recommended for Children and Young Adults in ELT Using Literature in English Language Education Challenging Reading for 8-18 Year Olds 2018, Bloomsbury Academic: s. 277-300 Bland, Janice
Do language teachers of young learners need to be as highly qualified as teachers of teenagers? (LECTURE) 2018, Bland, Janice
Refugee literature and the verse novel for deep learning with teenagers in ELT (LECTURE) 2018, Bland, Janice
2017
From PICTUREBOOKS to GRAPHIC NOVELS: The JOURNEY of VISUAL LITERACY (PLENARY). 2017, Bland, Janice
LITERATURE, FORMULAIC LANGUAGE and LUDIC LEARNING (LECTURE) 2017, Bland, Janice
CRITICAL LITERACY THROUGH DRAMA in ELT (PLENARY) 2017, Bland, Janice
HARRY POTTER and the CURSED CHILD: IDEOLOGY PERFORMED (LECTURE) 2017, Bland, Janice
SPACES AWAITING PERFORMANCE – with HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD (LECTURE). 2017, Bland, Janice
EDITORIAL: The SHAPESHIFTING NATURE of CHILDREN'S LITERATURE for ELT 2017, Children's Literature in English Language Education (CLELEjournal ): Volum 5 Bland, Janice Mary; Mourao, Sandie
DIVERSITY, PICTUREBOOKS and INTERCULTURAL LEARNING (PLENARY). 2017, Bland, Janice
EDITORIAL: INTERCULTURAL LEARNING and CRITICAL LITERACY – THERE IS NO SINGLE STORY 2017, Children's Literature in English Language Education (CLELEjournal ): Volum 5 Bland, Janice; Mourao, Sandie
2016
Affordances of Multimodal Literature Reflecting Diversity (LECTURE) 2016, Bland, Janice
Building Bridges with Multicultural Picturebooks in the EFL Classroom (PLENARY) 2016, Bland, Janice
DIVERSITY in PICTUREBOOKS and DIVERSITY in our CLASSROOMS (LECTURE). 2016, Bland, Janice
Dimensions of Culture in the Teenager Classroom – CRITICAL LITERACY and HARRY POTTER (PLENARY) 2016, Bland, Janice
The ‘script’ of transformation in THE HUNGER GAMES (LECTURE) 2016, Bland, Janice
Refugee and Postcolonial Verse Narratives (LECTURE). 2016, Bland, Janice
GLOBAL ISSUES IN PICTUREBOOKS (LECTURE), Birmingham, UK 2016, Bland, Janice
REVIEW: Maria Nikolajeva: Reading for Learning. Cognitive approaches to children’s literature. John Benjamins, 2014 2016, Children's Literature in English Language Education (CLELEjournal ): Volum 4 Bland, Janice
EDITORIAL: CULTURAL IDENTITY in the LANGUAGE CLASSROOM 2016, Children's Literature in English Language Education (CLELEjournal ): Volum 4 Bland, Janice; Mourao, Sandie
EDITORIAL: The JOURNEY 2016, Children's Literature in English Language Education (CLELEjournal ): Volum 4 Mourao, Sandie; Bland, Janice
2015
MULTIMODAL STORYING (PLENARY), United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain 2015, Bland, Janice