Longitudinal Learning in Community: A Three-Year Action Research Study of Teacher Educators and Preservice Teachers Developing New Literacies Pedagogies

• In Event: Building New Literacies and Digital Competencies in Teacher Preparation

Abstract

The rapid evolution of digital technologies has transformed literacy education. While teachers' experiences with new literacies are well documented, little research links teacher educators’ learning with changes to methods courses or preservice teacher learning. This multi-institutional study examines how teacher educators refined curricular practices over three years and students’ responses. Findings highlight teacher educators’ conceptual, critical, and pedagogical development, instructional shifts, and preservice teachers’ uptake of new literacies in their philosophies and practices.

Authors

• Brady Nash, University of Florida

• Tala Michelle Karkar-Esperar, Eastern New Mexico University

• Lyudmyla Ivanyuk, Trinity Christian College

• Courtney Shimek, West Virginia University

• Kathryn Mitchell Pierce, Saint Louis University