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Transnational Digital Literacies and Transitory Opportunities: A Perspective from the Global South (2023)
Book Chapter
Dixon, K. (2023). Transnational Digital Literacies and Transitory Opportunities: A Perspective from the Global South. In C. Brock, B. Exley, & L. Rigney (Eds.), International Perspectives on Literacies, Diversities, and Opportunities for Learning: Critical Conversations. Routledge

In the first part of this chapter, the author applies the opportunities for learning (OfL) model to her research context in Limpopo, South Africa, drawing attention to the ways in which learning, literacies, dialogic encounters, and opportunities man... Read More about Transnational Digital Literacies and Transitory Opportunities: A Perspective from the Global South.

Dead-lines: teachers’ bureaucratic habitus and disciplinary writing in three South African schools (2015)
Book Chapter
Dixon, K., & Dornbrack, J. (2016). Dead-lines: teachers’ bureaucratic habitus and disciplinary writing in three South African schools. In G. Enriquez, E. Johnson, S. Kontovourki, & C. A. Mallozzi (Eds.), Literacies, Learning, and the Body: Putting Theory and Research into Pedagogical Practice. Routledge

Imagine that you are a sixteen-year-old girl who goes to school in a township in Cape Town, South Africa. Your school is in a high poverty area where crime and gangsterism are rife. You are late again, so you wait outside the locked school gate until... Read More about Dead-lines: teachers’ bureaucratic habitus and disciplinary writing in three South African schools.

From poster to PhD: The evolution of a literature review (2010)
Book Chapter
Dixon, K., & Janks, H. (2010). From poster to PhD: The evolution of a literature review. In M. Walker, & P. Thomson (Eds.), The Routledge Doctoral Supervisor's Companion: Supporting Effective Research in Education and the Social Sciences. Routledge

A literature review evolves. At first the literature constitutes the research, then it is constituted by it. The story of the evolution of the literature review for Kerryn’s research is intertwined with the story of her evolving relationship with Hila... Read More about From poster to PhD: The evolution of a literature review.