Immigrant Students and Literacy: Reading, Writing, and Remembering (Practitioner Inquiry Series)

Gerald Campano; Sonia Nieto [Foreword]

ISBN 10: 0807747327 / ISBN 13: 9780807747322

Editore: Teachers College Press, 2006

Codice articolo 0807747327-3-23884687

Riassunto:

This powerful book demonstrates how culturally responsive teaching can make learning come alive. Drawing on his experience as a fifth-grade teacher in a multiethnic school where children spoke over 14 different home languages, the author reveals how he created a language arts curriculum from the students' own rich cultural resources, narratives, and identities. Illustrating the challenges and possibilities of teaching and learning in a large urban school, this book: documents how a culturally engaged pedagogy improved student achievement and increased standardized test scores; examines the literacy practices of children from immigrant, migrant, and refugee backgrounds, and includes powerful examples of their voices and writing; and provides an invaluable model of reflective practice, including a wide array of student-centered strategies, to generate powerful learning experiences. It also demonstrates a way for teachers to tap into the various forms of literacy students practice beyond the borders of the classroom.

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Titolo: Immigrant Students and Literacy: Reading, ...
Casa editrice: Teachers College Press
Data di pubblicazione: 2006
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Good