Literacy category: 816 books
Talking Texts
How Speech and Writing Interact in School Learning
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2017
This volume examines how oral and written language function in school learning , and how oral texts can be successfully inter-connected to the written texts that are used on a daily basis in schools. Rather than argue for the prominence of one over the other, the goal is to help the reader gain a...
by Janette K. Klingner, PhD, Sharon Vaughn
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2015
This practitioner resource and course text has given thousands of K-12 teachers evidence-based tools for helping students--particularly those at risk for reading difficulties--understand and acquire new knowledge from text. The authors present a range of scientifically validated instructional techniques...
Navigating Languages, Literacies and Identities
Religion in Young Lives
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
Navigating Languages, Literacies and Identities showcases innovative research at the interface of religion and multilingualism, offering an analytical focus on religion in children and adolescents’ everyday lives and experiences. The volume examines the connections between language and literacy...
Plurilingualism in Teaching and Learning
Complexities Across Contexts
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2018
Assembling a rich and diverse range of research studies on the role of plurilingualism across a wide variety of teaching and learning settings, this book supports teacher reflection and action in practical ways and illustrates how researchers tease out and analyze the complex realities of their educational...
Our Worlds in Our Words
Exploring Race, Class, Gender, and Sexual Orientation in Multicultural Classrooms
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
How can teachers help their students to meet high standards of reading and writing while also preparing them to become thoughtful and productive members of a multicultural society? And why is it important to do this? In her new book, Mary Dilg brings us into her high school English classroom, where...
by Lee Parkinson, Alan Peat
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2017
50+ iPad Lessons for Teaching Non-fiction Writing provides teachers with a broad range of innovative ways to use apps in order to support pupils’ understanding of non-fiction genres. Raising writing standards is a key issue in many schools and the 50+ series of books by Lee and Alan help teachers...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2017
While investigating endangered languages, many researchers become interested in developing literacy for these languages. However, often their linguistic training has not provided practical guidance in this area. This book, with contributions by experienced practitioners, helps fill this gap. Both...
Making Sense of Learners Making Sense of Written Language
The Selected Works of Kenneth S. Goodman and Yetta M. Goodman
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2014
Ken and Yetta Goodman’s professional work has been a lifelong collaboration, informed by shared philosophical strands. An overarching goal has been to provide access for all children to literacy and learning and to inform and improve teaching and learning. Each also is recognized for specific areas...
Progressive Reading Education in America
Teaching Toward Social Justice
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2017
Through firsthand accounts of classroom practices, this new book ties 130 years of progressive education to social justice work. Based on their commitments to the principle of the equal moral worth of all people, progressive teachers have challenged the obstacles of schooling that prevent some people...
Emotions and English Language Teaching
Exploring Teachers’ Emotion Labor
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
Taking a critical approach that considers the role of power, and resistance to power, in teachers’ affective lives, Sarah Benesch examines the relationship between English language teaching and emotions in postsecondary classrooms. The exploration takes into account implicit feeling rules that may...
by Lee Parkinson, Alan Peat
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2015
50+ iPad Lessons for Exciting Sentences provides busy teachers with a broad range of ideas for developing vocabulary, sentence structure and appropriate punctuation. This book offers a ‘way forward’ for teachers, and whole schools, seeking ways to develop grammar in an engaging manner. The...
by Lee Parkinson, Alan Peat
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2017
Raising writing standards is a key issue in many schools and the ‘50+’ series of books by Lee and Alan have been designed to help teachers to integrate ‘cutting edge’ technology and literacy.
The latest in the series, 50+ iPad Lessons for Teaching Fiction, provides teachers with...
by D. Ray Reutzel, Sarah K. Clark, Cindy D. Jones
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
One of the most critical elements in the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) is the effective teaching of reading comprehension in the early years. This timely resource provides evidence-based practices for teachers to use as they work to meet standards associated with comprehending complex literature...
Literacies, Sexualities, and Gender
Understanding Identities from Preschool to Adulthood
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2018
Offering diverse and wide-ranging perspectives on gender, sexualities, and literacies, this volume examines the intersection of these topics from preschool to adulthood. With a focus on current events, race, and the complex role of identity, this text starts with an overview of the current research...