Shelley Stagg-Peterson
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 Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½).
Research interests
Her research interests include young children’s language and literacy, play-based learning, collaborative action research, northern rural and Indigenous education, children’s Indigenous language learning, feedback on writing, writing assessment and instruction, and children’s 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’s oral and written language which was published by the ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½ Press.