...Erin Hogan; James S. Chisholm; Amy Eisenback Purpose This study aims to examine how preservice teachers (PSTs) discussed and reflected on discussions of justice-oriented picturebooks in one undergraduate children’s literature course. Analyses of how and why PSTs engage or refuse to engage...

...Heather Dunham; Emily P. McDonald; Kerry H. Alexander Purpose The purpose of this study is to understand how preservice teachers (PTs) describe their attitudes and behaviors regarding reading and writing within the context of literacy teacher education coursework. This study uses critical...

...Taylor Rose-Dougherty; Mike P. Cook; James S. Chisholm Purpose By studying how English Language Arts preservice teachers (PSTs) talk about composing graphic narratives featuring identities they do/don’t share, this paper aims to investigate how their identities and positionalities came to bear...

... authors and controversial texts. We centered the following question in this study: Preservice teachers Literature instruction Constructions of youth Critical Youth Studies Text selection Our study builds on Lesko’s work and existing ELA scholarship on adolescence as a cultural construct...

...Lindy L. Johnson; Grace MyHyun Kim Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the use of game-based learning for approximations of practice within a critical, project-based (CPB) clinical experience for preservice teachers (PSTs). Within the clinical experience, secondary English Language...