Introduction: The remarkable careers of English teachers
Andrew Goodwyn
SECTION 1 WHAT MAKES AN ENGLISH TEACHER
Chapter 1: 'I can't imagine a better profession': Factors influencing the decision to teach English
Jacqueline Manuel and Janet Dutton
Chapter 2: Literature, university education and the making of English teachers
Wayne Sawyer, Larissa McLean Davies and Philip Mead
Chapter 3: English Teachers as Readers: Identity and Knowledge
Matthew Sroka, Judith Franzak and Don Zancanella
Chapter 4: Stylistics as pedagogy: the value of literary linguistics for the secondary literature classroom
Marcello Giovanelli
Chapter 5: Becoming an English teacher: An Arts-informed and inquiry-based model of Initial Teacher Education
Janet Dutton and Jackie Manuel
SECTION 2 INITIAL TEACHER EDUCATION
Chapter 6: A critical overview of ITE in England
Rachel Roberts
Chapter 7: On mirages and monsters: English Language Arts for the untimely
Dennis Sumara and Rebecca Luce-Kapler
Chapter 8: Developing English teachers in New Zealand: The battle for professional knowledge
Terry Locke
Chapter 9: Balancing intervention and agency: Reform agendas and innovations in Initial Teacher Education in Australia
Wayne Sawyer, Jacqueline Manuel and Cal Durrant
Chapter 10: The Complex Enterprise of US Secondary English Teacher Education
Marshall A. George, Melanie Shoffner and Lisa Scherff
Chapter 11: Blending the old with the new: Year-long Secondary English internships in Western Australia
Cal Durrant and Susan Ledger
Chapter 12: Disruptive synergy: Reframing the policy-practice discourse to transform teacher education
Tiffany Karalis Noel, Amanda Winkelsas and Julie Gorlewski
SECTION 3 LIFE AS AN ENGLISH TEACHER
Chapter 13: A praxis of pre-service English teacher writing: Walter Benjamin and 'operating writers' in an age of standardisation
Graham Parr, Scott Bulfin and Fleur Diamond
Chapter 14: Sustaining professional learning for sustainable rural contexts: The power of the National Writing project in developing adaptive expertise
James E. Fredricksen and Tanya Baker
Chapter 15: An activist democratic model of teacher professional learning: The Teaching and Learning Caskets Imaginarium
Jacqueline Manuel, Claire Hansen and Liam E. Semler
Chapter 16: Developing teachers' writing lives: A case study of English teacher professional learning
Don Carter and Joanne Yoo
Chapter 17: The fate of critical literacy in an age of standards-based hegemonies: The New Zealand context
Susan Sandretto, Derek Shafer and Terry Locke
SECTION 4 GREAT TEACHERS OF ENGLISH
Chapter 18: The attrition of the expertise of teachers of English: From the rich pedagogy of personal and social agency to the poverty of the powerful knowledge heritage model
Andrew Goodwyn
Chapter 19: Expert English teachers as/in groups
Wayne Sawyer
Chapter 20: Long time becoming: The role of cultural memory and professional learning in sustaining English teaching
Fleur Diamond, Scott Bulfin and Graham Parr
Chapter 21: Teachers of writing also write: Insights from the Toronto Writing Project
Ben Gallagher, Ashleigh A. Allen and Rob Simon
Chapter 22: The courage to teach today: What do teachers need?
Ken Lindblom and Leila Christenbury