Language & Literacy – serie
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36 produkter
Languages of Learning
How Children Talk, Write, Dance, Draw and Sing Their Understanding of the World
Av Karen Gallas, Celia Genishi
Häftad, 1994
305 kr
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In ""The Languages of Learning"" Karen Gallas offers a new approach to understanding how young children in early and elementary grades communicate their knowledge of the world and the ways in which that kind of understanding can transform the educative process. In addition to expanding the …
Talking Their Way Into Science
Hearing Children's Questions and Theories, Responding with Curricula
Av Karen Gallas, Celia Genishi
Häftad, 1995
291 kr
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Karen Gallas provides us with a window into children's thinking about the world, enabling us to see how students build complex theories, identify important questions, and begin to enter the world of science, all within the naturalistic setting of the classroom.As the title suggests, this book …
Inquiry-based English Instruction Engaging Students in Life and Literature
Engaging Students in Life and Literature
Av Richard Beach, Jamie Myers m. fl.
Häftad, 2001
290 kr
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This valuable resource offers an alternative framework for middle and secondary school English instruction. The authors provide concrete strategies for engaging students in critical inquiry projects about the social worlds they inhabit or about those portrayed in literature and the media—their …
Making Race Visible
Literacy Research for Cultural Understanding
Av Stuart Greene, Dawn Abt-Perkins m. fl.
Häftad, 2003
305 kr
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Featuring contributions from a stellar group of teachers and researchers, this volume opens new territory on a critical but rarely addressed topic—the intersection of race with literacy research and practice. Grounded in classroom experiences, this insightful volume:Shows how race is constructed …
On Formative and Design Experiments
Approaches to Language and Literacy Research
Av David Reinking, Barbara Bradley
Häftad, 2007, 0-3 år
319 kr
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Formative and design experiments represent a methodology uniquely suited for educational research in general and literacy research in particular. Providing a practical overview of this emerging and promising approach, the authors address the following questions: What is the origin of formative and …
On Critically Conscious Research
Approaches to Language and Literacy Research
Av Arlette Ingram Willis, Mary Montavon m. fl.
Häftad, 2008
305 kr
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This provocative new title in the ""NCRLL Collection"" is a call to action for new and experienced scholars to examine their bias and adopt a more critically conscious stance in their work. Balancing an historical grounding with contemporary research, this book focuses on how critical theories are …
Literacy Theory As Practice
Connecting Theory and Instruction in K–12 Classrooms
Häftad, 2015
441 kr
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This comprehensive textbook introduces readers to the most influential theories and models of reading and literacy, ranging from behaviorism and early information processing theories to social constructionist and critical theories. Focusing on how these theories connect with different curricular …
Literacy and History in Action
Immersive Approaches to Disciplinary Thinking, Grades 5–12
Av Thomas M. McCann, Rebecca D'Angelo m. fl.
Häftad, 2015
359 kr
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This book offers a solid research and theoretical foundation for combining social studies and literacy instruction. A collaboration between a literacy scholar, two classroom teachers, and a school librarian, this volume also shows teachers how to engage middle and high school students in historical …
Before Words
Wordless Picture Books and the Development of Reading in Young Children
Häftad, 2018
386 kr
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As an alternative to reductive views of emergent literacy, Lysaker explains how wordless books help young children to develop a range of comprehension abilities that are important for understanding narrative texts. Readers will find concrete methods to help them gauge, document, and respond to …
Before Words
Wordless Picture Books and the Development of Reading in Young Children
Inbunden, 2018
1210 kr
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As an alternative to reductive views of emergent literacy, Lysaker explains how wordless books help young children to develop a range of comprehension abilities that are important for understanding narrative texts. Readers will find concrete methods to help them gauge, document, and respond to …
Think-Aloud Approach to Writing Assessment
Analyzing Process and Product with Adolescent Writers
Häftad, 2018
346 kr
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Emphasizing learning over evaluation, the think-aloud approach is especially well-suited to revealing students' strengths and helping them overcome common challenges to writing. This book describes how to implement the think-aloud method and shows how this method is flexible and adaptable to any …
Arts Integration in Diverse K–5 Classrooms
Cultivating Literacy Skills and Conceptual Understanding
Häftad, 2019
346 kr
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This practical resource emphasizes the special contribution that visual art, drama, music, and dance can make to student literacy and understanding of content-area reading assignments. Focusing on those areas where students tend to struggle, the author helps K–5 teachers provide an age-appropriate …
Social Worlds of Children Learning to Write in an Urban Primary School
Av A.H. Dyson
Häftad, 1994
278 kr
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Dyson supports efforts to make literacy curricula accessible to our schools' socioculturally diverse population. This two-year ethnographic study of K–3 children focuses on six students who would normally be deemed "at-risk" and who do not tell stories in the written language format valued by most …
Teaching Writing As Reflective Practice
Av George Hillocks, Celia Genishi
Häftad, 1996
278 kr
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What is involved in the effective teaching of writing at the secondary and college freshmen levels? In Teaching Writing as Reflective Practice, George Hillocks, Jr. starts with the basic assumption that writing is at the heart of education, and provides a metatheory to respond to the above …
Just Girls
Hidden Literacies and Life in Junior High
Av Margaret J. Finders, Celia Genishi
Häftad, 1997
291 kr
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This text provides a portrait of adolescent girls in middle school - the ""social queens"" and the ""tough cookies"". The author, Margaret Finders, follows the girls, focusing on what they read and write - not just school-sanctioned activities but also the important ""hidden literacies"" - signing …
Book Club Connection
Literacy Learning and Classroom Talk
Av Susan I. McMahon, etc. m. fl.
Häftad, 1997
251 kr
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This is a text about the beliefs, issues and practices at the forefront of literacy education - language, ethnic, and academic diversity; authentic assessment; social construction of meaning and knowledge - explored through the lens of a cohesive instructional design, the Book Club Programme. As …
Why Don't They Learn English?
Separating Fact from Fallacy in the U.S.Language Debate
Häftad, 2001
291 kr
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This compelling book examines the often cited but poorly supported claims that immigrants fail to learn English, and the mistaken belief that immigrant communities cling to their heritage languages. The author reveals that, on the contrary, English is being learned at a rapid pace while heritage …
School's Out!
Bridging Out-of-school Literacies with Classroom Practice
Av Glynda Hull, Katharine Schultz
Häftad, 2001
305 kr
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This timely book uses research on literacy outside of school to challenge how we think about literacy inside of school. Bringing together highly respected literacy researchers, this volume bridges the divide in the literature between formal education and the many informal settings - homes, …
Testing Trap
How State Writing Assessments Control Learning
Av George Hillocks, Celia Genishi
Häftad, 2002
291 kr
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Hardly a day goes by in America without talk of testing students to higher standards as a means to improve our education system. In The Testing Trap, George Hillocks puts this logic to the test. Through interviews with over three hundred teachers and administrators, Hillocks examines whether state …
Brothers and Sisters Learn to Write
Popular Literacies in Childhood and School Cultures
Av Anne Haas Dyson, Celia Genishi
Häftad, 2003
346 kr
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Here, Anne Dyson traces the influence of a wide-ranging set of ""textual toys"" from children's lives - church and hip-hop songs, rap music, movies, TV, traditional jump-rope rhymes, the words of professional sports announcers and radio deejays - upon school learning and writing.
New Literacies in Action
Teaching and Learning in Multiple Media
Av William Kist, Celia Genishi
Häftad, 2004
291 kr
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This book examines the work of pioneers: teachers who have transformed their classrooms in an effort to broaden the literacy of their students, describing some of the most innovative examples of teaching and learning.
Building on Strength
Language and Literacy in Latino Families and Communities
Häftad, 2005
291 kr
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This book offers an exciting new perspective on language socialization in Latino families. Tackling mainstream views of childhood and the role and nature of language socialization, leading researchers and teacher trainers provide a historical, political, and cultural context for the language …
Once Upon a Fact
Helping Children Write Nonfiction
Häftad, 2006
291 kr
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This timely book explores the debate about how best to engage children in the writing of nonfiction and suggests many instructional strategies for K-6 classrooms. Using transcripts and descriptions of children's actual writing practices, the authors show that children willingly embrace nonfiction …
What Was It Like?
Teaching History and Culture Through Young Adult Literature
Av Linda J. Rice, Celia Genishi
Häftad, 2006
291 kr
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This practical book is a great resource for teachers who want to engage their students with young adult literature. The author presents in-depth, instructional units centered on historical conflicts and texts that will help students to better understand other cultures and time periods. An array of …
No Quick Fix
Rethinking Literacy Programs in America's Elementary Schools
Av Richard L. Allington, Sean A. Walmsley
Häftad, 2007
346 kr
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Over a decade ago, this classic text introduced the framework for the current response to intervention initiative. Now that federal education policy has caught up with the research and reform models presented here, this special reissue of ""No Quick Fix"" is of critical importance to today's …
On Teacher Inquiry
Approaches to Language and Literacy Research
Av Dixie Goswami, Ceci Lewis m. fl.
Häftad, 2009
319 kr
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This book in the NCRLL Collection illuminates the relationship between teacher research, teacher practice, and student learning. The authors enact what Janet Emig calls 'Non-Magical Thinking' as they observe, analyze, raise questions, design methodologies, and build relationships with colleagues to …
Reading and Representing Across the Content Areas
A Classroom Guide
Av Amy Alexandra Wilson, Kathryn J. Chavez m. fl.
Häftad, 2014
441 kr
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This groundbreaking work redefines traditional ideas of what a “text” should be, incorporating new kinds of multimodal texts to revitalize instruction within and across disciplines. The authors provide examples of innovative representations to aid learning in earth science, language arts, …
Reading and Representing Across the Content Areas
A Classroom Guide
Av Amy Alexandra Wilson, Kathryn J. Chavez m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
969 kr
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This groundbreaking work redefines traditional ideas of what a “text” should be, incorporating new kinds of multimodal texts to revitalize instruction within and across disciplines. The authors provide examples of innovative representations to aid learning in earth science, language arts, …
Transforming Talk Into Text
Argument Writing, Inquiry, and Discussion, Grades 6-12
Av Thomas M. McCann, Celia Genishi m. fl.
Häftad, 2014
359 kr
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Author Thomas McCann invites readers to rethink their approach to teaching writing by capitalizing on students’ instinctive desire to talk. Drawing on extensive classroom research, he shows teachers how to craft class discussions that build students’ skills of analysis, problem-solving, and …
Engaging Writers with Multigenre Research Projects
A Teachers Guide
Av Nancy Mack
Häftad, 2015
400 kr
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Multigenre research projects affirm students’ home cultures while developing important academic skills consistent with the Common Core State Standards in reading and writing. This book will guide teachers in assigning, scaffolding, and assessing multigenre research assignments, including how to …
