Learning to Teach English and the Language Arts

Peter Smagorinsky is Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus at the University of Georgia, USA, and serves as Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the University of Guadalajara, Mexico. He has won a number of internationally recognised awards, including, the National Council of Teachers of English Distinguished Service Award in 2017, the International Federation for the Teaching of English Award in 2018, Distinguished Scholar at the National Conference on Research in Language and Literacy in 2018 and the Horace Mann League Outstanding Public Educator Award in 2020.

Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Vygotsky and Concept Development
2. Methodological Implications of Taking a Vygotskian Approach to Teacher Development
3. An Updated Perspective on the Apprenticeship of Observation
4. Concept Development in Teacher Education Coursework and Practica
5. Cultures of Color and the Deep Structure of Schools
6. Fuzzy Concepts in Teacher Education and their Consequences in the Classroom
7. Policy, Practice, and Disruptions in Concept Development
8. School Settings and Course Assignments in Shaping Conceptions of Curriculum and Instruction
9. Competing Centers of Gravity within Settings of Learning to Teach
10. Learning to Teach Grammar at the Intersection of Formalism and Flexibility
11. Community Contexts and their Societal Settings, and How They Shape Practice
Conclusion
References
Index