This study details the experiences of teachers at four US urban schools as they participate in
culturally responsive practice (CRP) in professional development (PD). The authors …

The authors report on substantial evidence documenting what matters in literacy teacher
preparation and invite deans, department heads, program directors, literacy teacher …

This article emphasizes the importance of understanding local contexts to provide
appropriate education for teachers about literacy instruction. The author reviews general …

Drawing together Smagorinsky's extensive research over a 20-year period, Learning to
Teach English and the Language Arts explores how beginning teachers' pedagogical …

Practices incorporating students' cultures and communities are foundational to effective
teaching. However, teacher candidates often do not effectively incorporate culturally based …

Preparing preservice teachers (PSTs) to enact socially just instruction, especially in
fieldwork contexts, remains a challenging, understudied goal addressed by this research …

The purpose of this study was to understand the nature of writing instruction across time and
grade bands. We used quantitative and qualitative analyses of teacher interviews and video …

Prior research shows that supervisors of teacher candidates are typically underprepared for
their work and receive little oversight of it. However, there has been less research into these …

Integrating Technology in English Language Arts Teacher Education investigates the
technology practices teacher candidates in the US are being introduced to, how they are …

This article examines the teaching practices and pedagogical theories preservice teachers
(PSTs) enacted in a newly designed after-school literacy club field placement. We draw from …