Literacy category: 816 books
by Steve Bowkett
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2014
Why should children learn to write fluently? What difference will it make to them and the opportunities available to them later on in life?
The ability to communicate clearly, accurately and persuasively is a vital life skill. Deficiencies in motivation and thinking skills pervade the challenge...
Student Writing
Access, Regulation, Desire
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2002
Student Writing presents an accessible and thought-provoking study of academic writing practices. Informed by 'composition' research from the US and 'academic literacies studies' from the UK, the book challenges current official discourse on writing as a 'skill'. Lillis argues for an approach which...
Romani Writing
Literacy, Literature and Identity Politics
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2013
The Roma (commonly known as "Gypsies") have largely been depicted in writings and in popular culture as an illiterate group. However, as Romani Writing shows, the Roma have a deep understanding of literacy and its implications, and use writing for a range of different purposes. While some...
Teaching Children to Write
Constructing Meaning and Mastering Mechanics
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In his latest book, Daniel Meier highlights the critical importance of integrating content and mechanics for successful and engaged writing at the K–4 level. Featuring the teaching philosophies and strategies of seven exemplary teachers, and a discussion of relevant research and theory, Meierprovides...
Oral Language and Comprehension in Preschool
Teaching the Essentials
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2015
Before children are readers and writers, they are speakers and listeners. This book provides creative, hands-on strategies for developing preschoolers' speaking, listening, and oral comprehension skills, within a literacy-rich classroom environment. Each chapter features helpful classroom vignettes;...
STEM Literacies in Makerspaces
Implications for Learning, Teaching, and Research
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2019
Providing an original framework for the study of makerspaces in a literacy context, this book bridges the scholarship of literacy studies and STEM and offers a window into the practices that makers learn and interact with. Tucker-Raymond and Gravel define and illustrate five key STEM literacies—identifying,...
Teaching to Exceed the English Language Arts Common Core State Standards
A Critical Inquiry Approach for 6-12 Classrooms
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2015
Timely, thoughtful, and comprehensive, this text directly supports pre-service and in-service teachers in developing curriculum and instruction that both addresses and exceeds the requirements of the Common Core State Standards. Adopting a critical inquiry approach, it demonstrates how the Standards’...
Breaking the Word Barrier
Stories of Adults Learning to Read
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2011
In this compelling collection of first-person stories, adults who have made outstanding achievements in adult literacy were paired with writers to tell of their transition to reading. These are people who have had the courage to overcome the barrier of words to break into a broader sense of themselves,...
Reclaiming Writing
Composing Spaces for Identities, Relationships, and Actions
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013
With passion, clarity, and rich examples, Reclaiming Writing is dedicated to reawakening the journeys that writers take as they make sense of, think about, and speak back to their worlds in this era of high-stakes testing and mandated curricula. Classrooms and out-of-school settings are described...
by Dr. Sue Roffey
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2014
'This is a very practical guide to a teaching approach that enables children to become more powerful learners; it is also an opportunity to spend time with a big-hearted person who understands what happens for children in school and how circles can help them grow.' - James Park,PROGRESS Director,...
by Katherine A. Beauchat, EdD, Katrin L. Blamey
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Written expressly for preschool teachers, this engaging book explains the "whats," "whys," and "how-tos" of implementing best practices for instruction in the preschool classroom. The authors show how to target key areas of language and literacy development across the...
Understanding Digital Literacies
A Practical Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2012
Assuming no knowledge of linguistics, Understanding Digital Literacies provides an accessible and timely introduction to new media literacies. It supplies readers with the theoretical and analytical tools with which to explore the linguistic and social impact of a host of new digital literacy practices....
DIY Media in the Classroom
New Literacies Across Content Areas
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This book shows teachers how to bring students’ Do-It-Yourself media practices into the classroom (Grades 6–12). In one accessible resource, the authors explain DIY media, identify their appealing features for content area instruction, and describe the literacy skills and strategies they...
Words Were All We Had
Becoming Biliterate Against the Odds
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This engaging collection examines the personal narratives of a select group of well-respected educators who attained biliteracy at a young age in the era before bilingual education. Their autobiographical accounts celebrate and make visible a linguistic potential that has been largely ignored in schools...