1st Edition
Fostering Activism in Teacher Education Preparing ELA Teachers Who Engage the World
A Brief Preface 1. An Introduction 2. Exploring Activism in ELA Teacher Education 3. Centering Students 4. Course Framing 5. Explicit Assignments 6. Self-Care and Navigating Political Contexts 7. Bringing It All Together
Biography
Mike P. Cook is Professor of English Language Arts Education at Auburn University. Dr. Cook’s research and teaching draw on justice, equity, and antiracism in English Language Arts teacher education and utilize a critical lens to explore teachers as agents of change.
“Historically, teacher preparation in the US has instilled in K-12 educators an expectation for being apolitical. Currently, as educators at all levels are coming under greater scrutiny, Mike Cook’s Fostering Activism in Teacher Education is a powerful and practical call for teachers as activists. This is an essential challenge to the politics of calling for no politics that acknowledges classrooms are politically contested spaces deserving transparent, transformative, and ethical teaching and activism.”
- Paul Thomas, Professor, Education Studies, Furman University
“ Fostering Activism in Teacher Education offers an insightful analysis of how English Language Arts teacher educators can prepare preservice teachers to center critical pedagogy and advance justice within and beyond their classrooms. In this accessible and thoughtfully crafted manuscript, Cook explores a wide range of approaches to curricular, pedagogical, and political activism in teacher education, highlighting specific strategies to structure courses, scaffold student learning, and prepare teacher candidates to effectively navigate rapidly changing political and educational landscapes.”
- Alison Dover, Professor of Secondary Education, California State University, Fullerton
