

Participants submitted course materials like course syllabi that included required and choice reading lists, calendars, and assessments that were then analyzed to create an understanding of how YAL fit into teacher education now to be able to think about the future of the field with this foundational knowledge in place.

literacy education with preservice teachers and young adult (YA) literature (YAL). Data was collected from participants that published with the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of the National Council of Teachers of English (The ALAN Review) in 2017-2018 (Volumes 44(2)-46(1)), and were teacher educators working in language and. In this study, I examine the various discourses that influence and inhabit the field of young adult literature in English teacher education.
