New Directions in Teaching English

Reimagining Teaching, Teacher Education, and Research

Edited by Antero Eidman-Aadah, Elisa A. Scherff

Publication date:

30 March 2015

Length of book:

220 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Dimensions:

236x161mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781610486750


New Directions in Teaching English: Reimagining Teaching, Teacher Education and Research attempts to create a comprehensive vision of critical and culturally relevant English teaching at the dawn of the 21st century.

This book is multi-voiced. It includes perspectives from classroom teachers, teacher educators, and researchers in language and literacy, positioned to respond to recent changes in national conversations about literacy, learning, and assessment. These variously situated authors also recognize the rapidly changing demographics in schools, the changing nature of literacy in the digital age, and the increasing demands for literacy in the workplace.

This book is critical. At all times education is a political act, and schools are embedded within a sociocultural reality that benefits some at the expense of others. Therefore the approach advocated through many of the chapters is one of critical literacy, where English students gain reading and writing skills and proficiency with digital technologies that allow them to become more able, discerning, and empowered consumers and producers of texts.
New Directions in Teaching English a must read for anyone interested in closing the literacy achievement gaps for the 21st century. It showcases useful and important knowledge from the field, from highly effective teachers who are having demonstrable success. It also offers concrete suggestions for how we might rethink teacher education, how we might develop more sensitive assessments, and how we might advocate for critical change.