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Building Bridges

Rethinking Literacy Teacher Education in a Digital Era

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Editors:
  1. Clare Kosnik

    1. University of Toronto, Canada

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  2. Simone White

    1. Monash University, Australia

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  3. Clive Beck

    1. University of Toronto, Canada

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  4. Bethan Marshall

    1. King’s College London, UK

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  5. A. Lin Goodwin

    1. Teachers College, Columbia University, USA

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  6. Jean Murray

    1. University of East London, UK

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  • This text explores the re-visioning of literacy and literacy teacher education for the digital era, approached from an interdisciplinary and international perspective
  • Because the authors are experienced teacher educators as well as researchers, they are able to give extended examples of how to apply the theory in practice
  • Again, because of their background the authors are realistic about what is appropriate and feasible for teachers and teacher educators, rather than just jumping on a technology bandwagon

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Digital Technology, Literacy, and Teacher Education

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Digital Technologies in Teacher Education

      • Shawn Bullock
      Pages 3-16

    3. “Times are Changing and You’ve Got to Keep Up”

      • Lydia Menna
      Pages 17-29

    4. The Impact of Policy on Teacher Education and Literacy Education in England

      • John Yandell
      Pages 31-42

    5. Preparing to Teach 21st Century Literacies

      • Judit GarcĂ­a-MartĂ­n, Guy Merchant, JesĂşs-Nicasio GarcĂ­a-Sánchez
      Pages 43-55

  4. Teacher Educators

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117
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    2. Literacy Teacher Education and New Technologies

      • Scott Bulfin, Graham Parr, Natalie Bellis
      Pages 119-133

    3. Fostering Professional Learning Partnerships in Literacy Teacher Education

      • Simone White, Jean Murray
      Pages 135-148

    4. New Knowledges for Teacher Educating?

      • A. Lin Goodwin, Crystal Chen
      Pages 149-162

    5. Intertwining Digital Technology and Literacy Methods Courses

      • Clare Kosnik, Pooja Dharamshi
      Pages 163-177

  5. Moving Forward

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 179-179
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    2. Literacy/English Teacher Educators Moving Forward

      • Clare Kosnik, Simone White, Clive Beck
      Pages 181-192

    3. Rethinking Teacher Education Programs

      • Clive Beck
      Pages 193-205

  6. Back Matter

    Pages ix-x
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About this book

Literacy learning continues to be central to schooling, and is currently of major concern to educators, policy developers, and members of the public alike. However, the proliferation of communication channels in this digital era requires a fundamental re-thinking of the nature of literacy and the pedagogy of literacy teaching and teacher education.
 
This text brings together papers by experts in teacher education, literacy, and information technology to help chart a way forward in this complex area. Because of their background in teacher education, the authors are realistic about what is appropriate and feasible – they do not just jump on a technology bandwagon – but they are also able to provide extended examples of how to embed technology in the practice of teacher education.

“Taking a multi-disciplinary perspective (literacy, teacher education and digital technology) and informed by a range of empirical studies, policyanalyses and scholarly reflection, this book makes a unique contribution to the literature on one of education’s most pressing challenges: how we prepare teachers of literacy at a time when understandings of literacy are expanding. Chapters by leading researchers are complemented by those offering illuminating vignettes of practice that, in turn, provide opportunities for interrogation by the rich theoretical toolkit that characterizes the field. The book is thoughtfully structured and manages a coherence that is rare in edited collections. An impressive and heartening read.” – Viv Ellis, Professor of Education at Brunel University, England and Bergen University College in Norway

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Toronto, Canada

    Clare Kosnik, Clive Beck

  • Monash University, Australia

    Simone White

  • King’s College London, UK

    Bethan Marshall

  • Teachers College, Columbia University, USA

    A. Lin Goodwin

  • University of East London, UK

    Jean Murray

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Building Bridges

  • Book Subtitle: Rethinking Literacy Teacher Education in a Digital Era

  • Editors: Clare Kosnik, Simone White, Clive Beck, Bethan Marshall, A. Lin Goodwin, Jean Murray

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-491-6

  • Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: SensePublishers-Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-6300-491-6Published: 15 July 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 212

  • Topics: Education, general

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