The fourth volume in the successful IFTE series provides an international perspective on the knowledge and professional development of the English teaching workforce. It provides a state-of-the-art review of English teaching and teachers and how they are developed over time.

With contributions from leading scholars around the world, this volume is divided into four sections that follow the journey of an English teacher from being a student, to the latter stages of professional development and becoming a teacher. It sheds light on how different elements such as school culture, professional development, higher-level qualifications, professional associations and government policies contribute or detract from retention and job satisfaction.

International Perspectives on English Teacher Development serves as ideal reading for the research and teacher education community along with teachers and student teachers globally.

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The fourth volume in the successful IFTE series provides an international perspective on the knowledge and professional development of the English teaching workforce. It provides a state-of-the-art review of English teaching and teachers and how they are developed over time.

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Introduction: The remarkable careers of English teachers

Andrew Goodwyn

SECTION 1 WHAT MAKES AN ENGLISH TEACHER

Chapter 1: ‘I can’t imagine a better profession’: Factors influencing the decision to teach English

Jacqueline Manuel and Janet Dutton

Chapter 2: Literature, university education and the making of English teachers

Wayne Sawyer, Larissa McLean Davies and Philip Mead

Chapter 3: English Teachers as Readers: Identity and Knowledge

Matthew Sroka, Judith Franzak and Don Zancanella

Chapter 4: Stylistics as pedagogy: the value of literary linguistics for the secondary literature classroom

Marcello Giovanelli

Chapter 5: Becoming an English teacher: An Arts-informed and inquiry-based model of Initial Teacher Education

Janet Dutton and Jackie Manuel

SECTION 2 INITIAL TEACHER EDUCATION

Chapter 6: A critical overview of ITE in England

Rachel Roberts

Chapter 7: On mirages and monsters: English Language Arts for the untimely

Dennis Sumara and Rebecca Luce-Kapler

Chapter 8: Developing English teachers in New Zealand: The battle for professional knowledge

Terry Locke

Chapter 9: Balancing intervention and agency: Reform agendas and innovations in Initial Teacher Education in Australia

Wayne Sawyer, Jacqueline Manuel and Cal Durrant

Chapter 10: The Complex Enterprise of US Secondary English Teacher Education

Marshall A. George, Melanie Shoffner and Lisa Scherff

Chapter 11: Blending the old with the new: Year-long Secondary English internships in Western Australia

Cal Durrant and Susan Ledger

Chapter 12: Disruptive synergy: Reframing the policy-practice discourse to transform teacher education

Tiffany Karalis Noel, Amanda Winkelsas and Julie Gorlewski

SECTION 3 LIFE AS AN ENGLISH TEACHER

Chapter 13: A praxis of pre-service English teacher writing: Walter Benjamin and ‘operating writers’ in an age of standardisation

Graham Parr, Scott Bulfin and Fleur Diamond

Chapter 14: Sustaining professional learning for sustainable rural contexts: The power of the National Writing project in developing adaptive expertise

James E. Fredricksen and Tanya Baker

Chapter 15: An activist democratic model of teacher professional learning: The Teaching and Learning Caskets Imaginarium

Jacqueline Manuel, Claire Hansen and Liam E. Semler

Chapter 16: Developing teachers’ writing lives: A case study of English teacher professional learning

Don Carter and Joanne Yoo

Chapter 17: The fate of critical literacy in an age of standards-based hegemonies: The New Zealand context

Susan Sandretto, Derek Shafer and Terry Locke

SECTION 4 GREAT TEACHERS OF ENGLISH

Chapter 18: The attrition of the expertise of teachers of English: From the rich pedagogy of personal and social agency to the poverty of the powerful knowledge heritage model

Andrew Goodwyn

Chapter 19: Expert English teachers as/in groups

Wayne Sawyer

Chapter 20: Long time becoming: The role of cultural memory and professional learning in sustaining English teaching

Fleur Diamond, Scott Bulfin and Graham Parr

Chapter 21: Teachers of writing also write: Insights from the Toronto Writing Project

Ben Gallagher, Ashleigh A. Allen and Rob Simon

Chapter 22: The courage to teach today: What do teachers need?

Ken Lindblom and Leila Christenbury

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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780367766917
Publisert
2022-11-30
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
440 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
U, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
314

Biographical note

Andrew Goodwyn is the President of The International Federation for the Teaching of English and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He is also a Professor and a Head of The School of Education and English Language and a Director of The Institute for Research in Education at The University of Bedfordshire, UK.

Jacqueline Manuel is a Professor of English Education in the Sydney School of Education and Social Work at the University of Sydney, Australia.

Rachel Roberts is the subject lead for the Secondary English PGCE.

Lisa Scherff teaches English and AP Research at South Fort Myers High School in Florida, USA.

Wayne Sawyer is an Emeritus Professor in the School of Education at Western Sydney University, Australia.

Cal Durrant is the Secretary of IFTE (International Federation for the Teaching of English).

Don Zancanella is an Emeritus Professor in the College of Education and the Department of Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies at the University of New Mexico, USA.