Innovations in English Language Arts Teacher Education.

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Front Cover; Innovations in English Language Arts Teacher Education; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Foreword to Innovations in English Language Arts Teacher Education; References; Editor's Introduction to Innovations in English Language Arts Teacher Education; Part I: Toward a Broader Vision of English Teacher Education; Section Introduction to Part I; Reference; Finding Footholds in a Construction Zone: Navigating the Discourses of English Language Arts with Pre-Service Teachers in the 21st Century; Introduction: Michael's Reflection.

Many Paradigms of ELA and What They May Mean for English Teacher PreparationFinding Footing in the Discursively Constructed Terrain of English Language Arts; Mapping the Discursively Constructed Terrain in an English Methods Course; Dexterous Teaching: Finding and Maintaining Footing Out in the Field; Jeff; Jaz; Amy; Samantha; Discussion; References; Appendix; Preparing English Teachers for Today's Context: Researching Effective Practice through Methods Courses; Methods Courses in English Language Arts; Identifying "New Areas of Emphasis" within ELA Methods Courses.

Literacy and Content-Area LiteracyNew Technologies and New Literacies in English Education Methods Courses; The Integration of Field Experiences with Coursework; The Preparation of Teachers for Students with Diverse Racial, Cultural, and Linguistic Backgrounds; K12 Content Standards and Associated Assessments; Embracing "Awareness" and "Application"; Becoming Public Scholars and Moving the Field of ELA into the Future; References; Advocacy, Humanity, and Hope in the Face of an Education World Gone Wrong; Self-Advocacy and Mentorship; What We Learned; Advocating for Students; What We Learned.

Advocacy for the ProfessionGrassroots Efforts; State Advocacy Day; Humanity and Hope through Advocacy; References; Part II: Lenses for Preparing Prospective Teachers to Teach English Language Arts; Section Introduction to Part II; References; Rethinking Identity and Adolescence in the Teaching of Literature: Implications for Pre-Service Teacher Education; Traditional Approaches to Adolescents, Identity, and Literature Instruction; Autonomous Identity and the Developing Adolescent; Autonomous Identity Development in the ELA Classroom.

An Alternative Approach to Adolescents and Literature InstructionSociocultural Theories of Identity; Rethinking Adolescents and Identity Development; Teaching Literature to Adolescents through a Sociocultural View of Identity; Key Shifts in Approaching Literature Instruction; Key Instructional Practices; Adopting Alternative Perspectives; Negotiating Identities across Different Social Worlds; Making Connections across People and Texts; Preparing Pre-Service English Teachers for Identity-Focused Literature Instruction; Selecting and Evaluating Texts.

Movement and Negotiation across Social Worlds.

The field of English language arts teacher education has experienced change over the past two decades. Changes in the discipline have produced a much more expansive understanding of literacy and of what teachers of English language arts do. This volume will focus on innovations in English language arts teacher education.

Includes bibliographical references.

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