English Education, Vol. 38, No. 2, January 2006

Table of Contents

• The Editorial We: Discussing Teacher Learning

  Michael T. Moore and Suzanne Miller

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  Keywords: Secondary, College

• Imagining the Possibilities in Multimodal Curriculum Design

  Peggy Albers

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  Abstract: Evolution of the “old page”, or written hardcopy texts, to the “new” (Kress, 2003), or electronic page, means that today’s learners have experience with reading a variety of texts.

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• Bowling Together: Cultivating Communities of Practice in English and Social Studies Teacher Education

  Elizabeth Spalding and Angene H. Wilson

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  Abstract: In his sociological study Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community (2000), Robert Putnam argues that Americans need to “reconnect to one another” and, both metaphorically and literally, go bowling together (p. 28).

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• Forging Pedagogical Paths to Multiple Ways of Knowing

  Phyllis Whitin

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  Abstract: The literacy beliefs teachers hold influence the kinds of experiences they make available to their students (Myers, 1996). As visual modes become increasingly central to communication (Kress, 2004; New London Group, 1996), it is essential to provide preservice teachers opportunities to expose and challenge beliefs that privilege only alphabetic texts.

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• Book Walk: Works That Move Our Teaching Forward

  Fenice Boyd

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• Announcements

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