Subject Knowledge and Teacher Education: The Development of Beginning Teachers' Thinking

Foreword by Professor Peter Smagorinsky 1. Introduction 2. Working on and being worked on: developing knowledge in practice 3. Know, understand and be able to do: professionalizing knowledge 4. Culture, activity, agent: designing the research 5. Ann: thinking about the subject knowledge of English 6. Grace: thinking about the subject knowledge of English 7. Liz: thinking about the subject knowledge of English 8. Personal trajectories of participation: interpreting beginning teachers' development 9. From making little ticks to building professional communities: some implications for teacher education References.