Using Tension as a Resource: New Visions in Teaching the English Language Arts Methods Class - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1475845472 ISBN 13: 9781475845471

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (UK), 2019

Synopsis

This book focuses on the tensions that emerge in teaching the English language arts methods course within teacher education programs. The book features chapters that grapple with the historical legacies of influence on methods/pedagogy as well as contemporary challenges in teaching methods courses alongside field experiences. Multiple perspectives from those involved in teaching methods courses within English language arts teacher education programs are presented as a way to dialogue about current and future challenges. Dialogue is sustained throughout the book, as each chapter includes an adjacent response that prompts readers to ask further questions about the chapter’s content. Content with the chapters in the book focus on describing a “tension” or “dilemma” that the author faced when teaching the middle/secondary ELA methods course or adjacent field experience. Discussion in the chapters’ responses highlights the importance of the field’s history and its present response to the tension featured. This book will be a useful resource to teacher educators who wish to investigate new approaches to dilemmas faced in teaching the methods class to pre-service teachers.

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About the Authors

Heidi L. Hallman is professor and Chair in the Department of Curriculum and Teaching at the University of Kansas. Her research interests include studying how prospective teachers are prepared to teach in diverse school contexts. Hallman’s published work includes (Bloomsbury, 2017), Secondary English teacher education in the United States: Responding to a changing context (Bloomsbury, 2017), a national study of how English teachers are prepared and winner of the Richard Meade award for research in English education. Hallman’s work has been published in English Education, Teaching Education,Teacher Education Quarterly, Equity & Excellence in Education, among others.

Kristen Pastore-Capuana, PhD, is assistant professor of English education in the English Department at Buffalo State College. She is the assistant director of the Western New York Network of English Teachers (WNYNET).

Donna L. Pasternak, Ph.D., is Professor of English Education in the Department of Teaching and Learning at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She directs the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Writing Project.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (UK)
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1475845472
• ISBN 13: 9781475845471
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 210
• Editor: Heidi L. Hallman, Donna L. Pasternak, Kristen Pastore-Capuana