How do ideas change practices and people? In this volume, 32 influential voices in literacy education get personal about how they have worked on ideas and how those ideas have worked on them. Together, the essays offer personal histories of the authors' published writing about ideas that have shaped the field of literacy education.

Ideas that Changed Literacy Practices: First Person Accounts from Leading Voices offers 32 autobiographical accounts written by leading international scholars in the field of literacy education. By using and applying ideas related to literacy practices, the volume reveals insider perspectives on creative scholarly processes, including the impact these have had on literacy practices and on the very people who helped to develop them. As a collection, the essays also highlight some of the major themes that have guided and changed literacy practices over the last few decades. This volume provides an up-close and personal account of the ideas that are driving current practices in the field of literacy education by situating the complexities of literacy learning and teaching in a rich context of personal and professional knowledge.