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Adam, Helen; Hays, Anne-Maree; Urquhart, Yvonne – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2021
This paper reports on a study of the children's book preferences of 82 Preservice teachers (PSTs) at one Western Australian University. The study found PSTs preferred older books published during their own childhood or earlier. Further, representation of people of colour was limited to only 8 of 177 titles listed by PSTs. Key influences on their…
Descriptors: White Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Reading Material Selection, Foreign Countries
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Menna, Lydia; Kosnik, Clare; Dharamshi, Pooja – Education Sciences, 2020
This paper reports on a qualitative research study that examined how 10 literacy teacher educators (LTEs) utilized children's literature to invite teacher trainees to critically engage with social issues, challenge their assumptions about literacy, and begin to develop the knowledge and dispositions to work alongside diverse learners (e.g.,…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Teacher Educators, Preservice Teachers, Beginning Teachers