This literature review focuses on initial teacher education for teaching literacy. It is the second part of the first phase of a five-phase project commissioned by the Department of Education Tasmania (DoE) entitled the Review of Literacy Teaching, Training, and Practice in Government Schools. Phase 1a, a review of literacy teaching in schools, informed empirical research conducted in Tasmanian government schools (phase 2). This literature review (phase 1b) shifts the focus from schools to initial teacher education. It informs phase 3 of the project, which investigates preparation of pre-service teachers, at the University of Tasmania, for teaching literacy.

(This volume follows on from Teaching literacy: Review of literature - Phase 1 Report for the Review of Literacy Teaching, Training and Practice in Government Schools and precedes Literacy Teaching Practice in Tasmanian Schools: Stakeholder Report - Phase 2 of the Review of Literacy Teaching, Training, and Practice in Government Schools.)