International Perspectives on English Teacher Development

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