Literacy Teacher Educators Literacy Teacher Educators Preparing Teachers for a Changing World Edited by; Clare Kosnik University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada Jennifer Rowsell Brock University, Ontario, Canada Peter Williamson University of San Francisco, California, USA Rob Simon University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada and Clive Beck University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada A C.I.P. record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. ISBN: 978-94-6209-198-6 (paperback) ISBN: 978-94-6209-199-3 (hardback) ISBN: 978-94-6209-200-6 (e-book) Published by: Sense Publishers, P.O. Box 21858, 3001 AW Rotterdam, The Netherlands https://www.sensepublishers.com/ Printed on acid-free paper All Rights Reserved © 2013 Sense Publishers No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfi lming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifi cally for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. TABLE OF CONTENTS Dedication vii Acknowledgements ix Contributors xi Foreword: The Critical Literacies of Teaching xv Susan L. Lytle Introduction 1 Peter Williamson Section 1: Current Issues Facing Literacy Teacher Education Cultivating Diversity Through Critical Literacy in Teacher Education 7 Rebecca Rogers Literacy Education and Gender: Which Boys? Which Girls? 21 David Booth Walking the Talk: Towards a Notion of Multiliteracies in Literacy Teacher Education 35 Mary Gene Saudelli & Jennifer Rowsell Section 2: Literacy Teacher Educators’ Practices Critical Inquiry Into Literacy Teacher Education: Accounting for Students 51 María Paula Ghiso, Tamara Spencer, Lan Ngo & Gerald Campano Leading Literacies: Literacy Teacher Education for Inclusion and Social Justice 65 Karen Dooley, Beryl Exley & Barbara Comber Living and Learning Critical Literacy in the University Classroom 79 Vivian Vasquez Literacy Teacher Education to Support Children’s Multi-Modal and Print-Based Literacies 93 Shelley Stagg Peterson v TABLE OF CONTENTS Difficult Dialogues in Literacy (Urban) Teacher Education 107 Valerie Kinloch Literacy Teacher Education as Critical Inquiry 121 Rob Simon Engaging Literacy Practices Through Inquiry and Enactment in Teacher Education 135 Peter Williamson Multimodal Literacy at King’s College London 149 Bethan Marshall Using Our Research to Reframe Our Literacy Courses: A Work-in-Progress 161 Clare Kosnik & Lydia Menna Multiliteracies: A Slow Movement in LiteraCy Minor 175 Maureen Walsh & Cal Durrant Section 3: Conclusion The Shifting Landscape of Literacy Teacher Education: Working with Integrity, Commitment, Skill, and Vision 191 Clare Kosnik, Jennifer Rowsell & Rob Simon Index 205 vi DEDICATION To literacy teacher educators around the world, whose creative, skillful, and dedicated work is of such value to beginning literacy teachers. vii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We wish to thank Michel Lokhorst from Sense Publishing for his support from the initial steps of this very innovative project through all of the stages of development and production. Thank you for helping us share the voices of literacy teacher educators from around the world. ix