Academic Work and Identities in Teacher Education

Professor Jean Murray is the Research and Knowledge Exchange Leader in the Cass School of Education and Communities at the University of East London, UK. Her research includes sociological analyses of teacher education policies and practices internationally, with a strong focus on the work, knowledge and professional development of teacher educators in Higher Education and schools.

Clare Kosnik is Professor in the Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Canada. She has held a number of leadership positions: Director of the Master of Teaching program, Head of the Centre for Teacher Education and Development, Director of the Elementary Preservice Program, and Coordinator of the Mid-Town Cohort and in 2003, was Executive Director of the Teachers for a New Era research and development project at Stanford University,USA. Previous publications include Innovations in Teacher Education, Priorities in Teacher Education, and Teaching in a Nutshell (co-authored with Clive Beck). Clare has also been involved in many large-scale funded research projects on teaching and teacher education: Teacher Education for Literacy Teaching (2003-2007), Key Components of Learning to Teach Literacy (2006-2010), Teacher Change and Growth (2010-2015), and Literacy Teacher Educators (2011-2015).