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Modern Fiction Studies, 2002

English Education

In this article, the three co-chairs of the 2019–2021 Steering Committee for the English Language... more In this article, the three co-chairs of the 2019–2021 Steering Committee for the English Language Arts (ELA) 7–12 Preparation Standards share the history, development, and meaning of the recently adopted 2021 NCTE Standards for the Initial Preparation of Teachers of English Language Arts 7–12 (Initial Licensure).

Teaching and Teacher Education

Journal of Teacher Education

Practices incorporating students’ cultures and communities are foundational to effective teaching... more Practices incorporating students’ cultures and communities are foundational to effective teaching. However, teacher candidates often do not effectively incorporate culturally based practices into their instruction. This article describes the perceptions of English education instructors as they reconceptualized their curriculum to cultivate culturally based practices. Findings show three major factors impacted the instructors’ reconceptualization of curriculum: (a) the instructors’ cultural roots; (b) the pervasiveness of whiteness—systems and processes that preference white identities, assumptions, and privileges that accompany the white experience; and (c) deep-seated tensions between culturally based practices and the practices of the university operating within the institution of English education. The authors assert that no individual who has matriculated through white-centric educational institutions and broader societal structures can be excluded from the call to unlearn white...

Proceedings of the 2021 AERA Annual Meeting

Background: The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s (UWM) Urban Teacher World Pre-College Academy... more Background: The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s (UWM) Urban Teacher World Pre-College Academy works with American high school students to explore what it means to be an educator in the urban context.High school students from underrepresented groups reside at the UWM campus to work with university faculty, staff and students to explore careers in education. In so doing, the participants experience education beyond the traditional classroom. Aims: One of the School of Education’s recruitment initiatives, this program encourages students of color to explore potential careers in education.Twenty-one high school students read, wrote plays, created multimedia art, and performed together to investigate what it means to be an educator in the 21st century. Attendees identified potential careers and university majors leading to occupations in the field of education. Arguments: Through close mentoring relationships between high school students, college students, and university faculty and ...

This survey study of preservice teachers analyzed if technology is used as practice in the Englis... more This survey study of preservice teachers analyzed if technology is used as practice in the English language arts classroom, and if these practices transferred from the methods classroom to the field experience and beyond. The author examined which technologies and experiences were valued and used by preservice teachers to discover if they thought it possible to transfer these methods from theory into practice. Teacher candidates’ perceptions of integrating technology into their practices revealed their comfort or frustration with nontraditional teaching practices and classroom structures. Despite thinking of myself as a techno-novice, it amazes me how much technology embroiders my life – both enhancing it and complicating it. On any given day, you can leave me a message, if not actually reach me, via three different email addresses; four different phones (cell, office, Internet, and home); instant and text messaging; and the U.S. postal service. I no longer compose manuscripts with ...

Sample Text: 1) "As an observer, I stayed with the children every step of the way. I participated... more Sample Text: 1) "As an observer, I stayed with the children every step of the way. I participated in various activities, including attending their lunchtime in the cafeteria, accompanying gym teaching endeavors, reading to the class, and aiding in science lessons." 2) "It wasn't until several years later when I became a teaching assistant for summer school did I know that I wanted to pursue education. Initially, it was the joy of working with the youth, but as I learned more about classroom pedagogies, professional development, [Wisconsin's] Ten Teaching Standards, and many more educational topics, I knew this was my calling." Analytical Reflection-Analyze, explore, and speculate on why things happened as they did or why they are the way they are. Guiding Questions: Why did it happen? How did you come to think that way? Keywords: because, perhaps, as a result of, which Sample Text: 1) "I think sometimes we hold too much back from our students-as a survivor of sexual abuse, I feel like I would have related to and benefited much more from reading Dorothy Allison than I did from reading Charles Dickens. Hers was a voice I needed to hear, and when I did, it changed my life." 2) "It was through these explorations that I gained the most from this course, which will help me not only in my teaching career, but in my further math education as well." Hypothetical Reflection-Predict how the event might have turned out differently. Take into consideration multiple/alternative perspectives. Guiding Questions: How might it have happened otherwise? What are alternate ways of thinking about the issue?

Integrating Technology in English Language Arts Teacher Education

Review of Education, 2014

Irish Journal of American Studies, 1998

... This speculative, narrative voice observes, &quot;the truth is at once simple and baf... more ... This speculative, narrative voice observes, &quot;the truth is at once simple and baffling: John Wade was a pro. ... disappearance in the &quot;Hypothesis&quot; sections of In the Lake of the Woods. Just asQuentin Compson and Shreve McCannon do in their Harvard dormitory ...

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, 2007

Many situations that affect the teaching of English have been unevenly examined in the scholarshi... more Many situations that affect the teaching of English have been unevenly examined in the scholarship. Asking the question, “What research in English teacher education will address the demands of preparing English language arts teachers for 21st century contexts?,” the authors provide recommendations to the field that will make our work more relevant and propose areas for further study based on current situations in English education in the United States that will move the field forward. The chapter suggests topics for further research centered on the English language arts-specific methods (pedagogy) course that includes exploring the tensions between literacy and English studies, integrating technology, moving theory into practice, the effects of high-stakes testing and assessments, and supporting more diverse student populations.