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Clare Kosnik, Professor

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Recent Publications:

Kosnik, C., & Beck, C. (2009). Priorities in teacher education: The 7 key elements of pre-service preparation. New York: Routladge.

Lassonde, C., Galman, S. & Kosnik, C. (Eds.). (2008). Self-study methodologies for teacher educators. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.

Samaras, A., Freese, A., Kosnik, C., & Beck, C. (Eds.). (2008) Learning communities in practice. Dordetcht: Springer Academic Publishers.

Kosnik, C. (2008). It is not just practice: Conflicting goals, unclear expectations, and mixed messages. Reconceptualizing the place of practice teaching in teacher education programs In Riches, C. & Benson, F. (Eds). Entering into “complicated” conversations about teacher education in contemporary times: A call to action. Peter Lang.

Kosnik, C., & Beck, C. (2008). Using longitudinal research to inform personal and institutional practices. In Tidwell, D& Heston, M. (Eds). Research methods for the self-study of practice. Dordetcht: Springer Academic Publishers.

Beck, C. Kosnik, C., & Cleovoulou, Y. (2008) A whole-school approach to urban educational renewal: Community, collaboration, and leadership. In Samaras, A., Freese, A., Kosnik, C., & Beck, C. (Eds.) Learning communities in practice. Dordetcht: Springer Academic Publishers.

Kosnik, C. Funny, this does not look like a community: Working collaboratively across borders and institutions. (2008). In Samaras, A., Freese, A., Kosnik, C. & Beck, C. (Eds.) Learning communities in practice. Dordetcht: Springer Academic Publishers.

Kosnik, C. & Beck, C. (2008). In the shadows: Non-tenure-line instructors in preservice teacher education. European Journal of Teacher Education, Vol. 31(2), pp. 185-202.

Rowsell, J., Kosnik, C., & Beck, C. (2008) Fostering multiliteracies pedagogy through preservice teacher education. Teaching Education, pp. (Spring volume).

Kosnik, C. & Beck, C. (2008). We taught them about literacy but what did they learn? The impact of our preservice teacher education program on the practices of beginning teachers. Studying Teacher Education: A Journal of Self-Study of Teacher Education Practices.

Beck, C., Kosnik, C., & Rowsell, J. (2007) Preparation for the first year of teaching: Beginning teachers' views about their needs. The New Educator Vol. 3(1), Feb-Mar. 51-73.

Kosnik, C. (2007). No teacher educator left behind: Impact of current U.S. policies and practices on a Canadian. In, Deretchin, C. & Craig, C. (Eds). International research on the impact of accountability systems: Teacher education yearbook XV. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield Publishing pp. 139-156.

Kosnik, C. (2007). Still the same yet different: Enduring values and commitments in my work as a teacher and teacher educator. In Russell, T., & Loughran, J. (Eds), Enacting a pedagogy of teacher education: Values, relationships and practices. London: Routledge pp. 16-30.

Berry, B., Burns, J., Bogart, J., Cabello, B., Carver, J., Kosnik, C., Mehaffy, G., Peer, G., Wilson, B., Wineburg, M., (2007). Developing evidence and gathering data about teacher education program quality. Washington, D.C.: American Association of State Colleges and Universities.

Beck, C. & Kosnik, C. (2006). Innovations in preservice teacher education: A social constructivist approach. Albany, New York: SUNY Press.

Kosnik, C., Beck, C., Freese, A., & Samaras, A. (Eds.). (2006). Making a difference in teacher education through self-study: Studies of personal, professional, and program renewal. Dordrecht: Springer.

Beck, C., & Kosnik, C. (2006). The starting point: Constructivist accounts of learning. In Leithwood, K., McAdie, P., Bascia, N., & Rodrigue, A. (Eds.), Teaching for deep understanding: What every educator needs to know. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, pp. 17-25.

Kosnik, C., & Beck, C. (2005). The impact of a preservice teacher education program on language arts teaching practices: A study of second-year teachers In Kosnik, C., Freese, A., Samaras, A &. Beck, C. (Eds.) Making a difference in teacher education through self-study: Personal, professional, and program renewal. Dordecht: Springer Academic Publishers, pp. 243-259.

Kosnik, C., & Beck, C. (2005). Community-building and program development go hand-in-hand: Teacher educators working collaboratively. In Hoban, G. (Ed.) The missing links in teacher education: Innovative approaches to designing teacher education programs. Dordecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 209-230.

Beck, C. & Kosnik, C. (2005). The starting point: Constructivist accounts of learning. In Leithwood, K. Bascia, N., McAdie, P., & Rodrigues (Eds), A. Teaching for deep understanding: Toward the Ontario curriculum that we need. Toronto: Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario.

Kosnik, C., Beck, C., & Brown R. (2005). The preservice admissions process: What qualities do future teachers need and how can they be identified in applicants? The New Educator. 1, 101-123.

Kosnik, C. (2005) No teacher educator left behind: Impact of current U.S. policies and practices on a Canadian Studying Teacher Education: A Journal of Self-Study of Teacher Education Practices, 1(2), 209-223.

Rowsell, J., Cassidy, M., Beck, C., & Kosnik, C. (2005). Feuding voices: A mosaic of perspectives on values awareness in secondary school. The High School Journal.

Kosnik, C., & Beck, C. (2004). Teacher education in Ontario: Two decades of review and innovation. In Cheng Y.C., Chow K.W., &. Mok M (Eds.), Reform of teacher education in Asia-Pacific in the new millennium: Trends and challenges. Dordecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 45-62.

Beck, C., Freese, A., and Kosnik, C. (2004). Learning through self-study in a professional setting: The preservice practicum. In Loughran J., Hamilton M.L., LaBoskey V., & Russell T. (Eds.), International handbook of self-study of teaching and teacher education practices. Dordecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 1259-1293.
Beck, C., Hart, D., & Kosnik, C. (2004). The teaching standards movement, current teaching practices, and the renewal of teaching. Canadian Journal of Education, 27(1). 175-194.