Teaching All the Children: Strategies for Developing Literacy in an Urban Setting - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 1593850077 ISBN 13: 9781593850074

Casa editrice: Guilford Press, 2004

Riassunto

This practical and empowering book addresses the challenges facing educators, school administrators, and families in low socio-economic status urban settings, and presents field-tested strategies for promoting reading, writing, and oral language success. Using research-based and classroom tested best practices, this book features thorough research reviews, instructional models, resources, and portraits of exemplary urban classrooms.

With contributions from some of the most esteemed figures in the literacy field, this new resource covers:

* what highly effective literacy instruction looks like in today's urban classroom
* understanding - and counteracting - the factors that put poor children at risk
* when diversity is the norm: making instruction welcoming to all
* lesson plans and lists of children's literature that meet urban students' specific needs
* keys to building strong family and community partnerships.

Providing a wealth of ideas that can readily be put into practice.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Diane Lapp, EdD, is Professor of Reading and Language in the Department of Teacher Education at San Diego State University.

Cathy Collins Block, PhD, has served on the graduate faculty at Texas Christian University since 1977.

Eric J. Cooper, EdD, is President of the National Urban Alliance for Effective Education at the Council of Great City Schools, Washington, DC, and the University of Georgia, Athens.

James Flood, PhD, is Professor of Reading and Language Development at San Diego State University.

Nancy Roser, EdD, is Professor of Language and Literacy Studies, Flawn Professor of Early Childhood Education, and Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin.

Josefina Villamil Tinajero, PhD, is Interim Dean of the College of Education and Professor of Bilingual Education at the University of Texas at El Paso, where she also directs the nationally acclaimed Mother-Daughter/Father-Son Programs.

Contenuti:

Part 1: Out-of-School Factors Affecting Students in Urban Schools. Part 2: In-School Factors Affecting Students in Urban Schools. Part 3: Best Schoolwide Practices That Increase Literacy Learning for Students in Urban Classrooms. Part 4: Next Steps: Classroom Practices That Increase Literacy Achievement for Every Student in an Urban School. Epilogue.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Guilford Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1593850077
• ISBN 13: 9781593850074
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 350
• Redattore: Collins Block Cathy, Cooper Eric J., Flood James, Lapp Diane, Roser Nancy, Villamil Tinajero Josefina