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Book Synopsis Exploring Values Through Literature, Multimedia, and Literacy Events by : Patricia Ruggiano Schmidt
Download or read book Exploring Values Through Literature, Multimedia, and Literacy Events written by Patricia Ruggiano Schmidt and published by IAP. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring Values Through Multimedia, Literature and Literacy Events was written by teachers and educational researchers for classrooms and schools interested in developing learning communities that develop critical and compassionate future citizens. Through the use of specific multimedia, literature and literacy events, this book presents numerous ways for classroom teachers and schools to promote respectful, responsible, caring, and sharing students in a democratic society. Beginning with Plato’s message that we cannot let the formation of good citizens to chance, Exploring Values Through Multimedia, Literature and Literacy Events takes the reader through a brief history of character education and moral development and a summary of multimedia’s impact on our lives. The chapters that follow are devoted to teacher tested classroom and school programs, activities, and resources for the understanding of diverse human perspectives. Included in several chapters are the unique ways classes might analyze how and why information is presented in the media. Due to the constant media bombardment on our lives, the goal if this volume is to support our students as they discern the meanings of truth and justice.
Book Synopsis 50 Literacy Strategies for Culturally Responsive Teaching, K-8 by : Patricia Ruggiano Schmidt
Download or read book 50 Literacy Strategies for Culturally Responsive Teaching, K-8 written by Patricia Ruggiano Schmidt and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2006-04-12 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make literacy meaningful in your classroom for students of all cultures! Field-tested for K-8 teachers, this book introduces students to the cultural diversity in their own classroom communities through a wealth of teaching and learning strategies. This resource celebrates awareness of individual, ethnic, cultural, linguistic, and economic diversity, and addresses all aspects of studies within the context of culturally responsive teaching. Strategies, easily adapted to the learner’s level, are linked to six major themes: Classroom community Home, community, and nation Multicultural literature events Critical media literacy Global perspectives and literacy development Inquiry learning and literacy learning
Book Synopsis Using Literature for Language Learning by : Diego Sirico
Download or read book Using Literature for Language Learning written by Diego Sirico and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2021-06-17 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For language teachers, the daunting task of teaching languages, both native and foreign, in ways that will engage and motivate their students is a daily struggle. This volume offers an innovative approach to achieving these goals through guided readings of selected literary texts. In addition to presenting empirical research into the use of poetry, prose and theatre for language learning, it provides useful, practical tools such as sample lesson plans. This promising approach can be adapted to a variety of language-learning contexts, and can help students develop and enhance linguistic, cultural, and motivational competences. The book will be of compelling interest to teachers of all languages, as well as researchers in the fields of education and language studies.
Book Synopsis Literacy Development in Early Childhood by : Beverly Otto
Download or read book Literacy Development in Early Childhood written by Beverly Otto and published by Waveland Press. This book was released on 2019-02-14 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Widely recognized as a leading text in its field, this popular guide explores literacy development beginning in infancy and through fourth grade. The latest edition continues to prepare teachers to create and implement literacy-rich curricula in early childhood classrooms, while providing updates to federal legislation and highlighting the impact of state standards on educational settings. Recent technology is integrated into activities used to enhance literacy competencies. Throughout the book, the author’s approach to reflective teaching empowers teachers to become effective decision makers and thoughtful mediators in children’s transactions with literacy. A conceptual and theoretical foundation for describing reading and writing processes is followed by research-based descriptions of the signs of emergent literacy and developmentally appropriate instructional strategies. The emphasis on linguistic and cultural diversity includes an array of approaches for supporting English language learners. Chapter extension activities challenge readers to apply concepts through observation, research, curriculum development, and discussion. Sample observation and assessment forms assist in determining children’s progress in developing literacy.
Book Synopsis Improving Literacy at KS2 and KS3 by : Andrew Goodwyn
Download or read book Improving Literacy at KS2 and KS3 written by Andrew Goodwyn and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2002-09-17 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will to help student and practicing teachers to understand the issues surrounding literacy, the place of transition in pupils' lives, and to feel confident in handling the National Literacy Strategy.
Book Synopsis Character Education for 21st Century Global Citizens by : Endah Retnowati
Download or read book Character Education for 21st Century Global Citizens written by Endah Retnowati and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-09-07 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Character Education for 21st Century Global Citizens contains the papers presented at the 2nd International Conference on Teacher Education and Professional Development (InCoTEPD 2017), Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 20—21 October 2017. The book covers 7 topics: 1) Values for 21st century global citizens 2) Preparing teachers for integrative values education 3) Teacher professional development for enhanced character education 4) Curriculum/syllabus/lesson plan/learning materials development for integrated values education 5) Developing learning activities/tasks/strategies for character education 6) Assessing student’s character development (values acquisition assessment) 7) Creating/managing conducive school culture to character education.
Book Synopsis Practicing What We Teach by : Patricia Ruggiano Schmidt
Download or read book Practicing What We Teach written by Patricia Ruggiano Schmidt and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2019-09-06 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This accessible book features K–12 teachers and teacher educators who report their experiences of culturally responsive literacy teaching in primarily high-poverty, culturally nondominant communities. These extraordinary teachers show us what culturally responsive literacy teaching looks like in their classrooms and how it advances children’s academic achievement. This collection captures different dimensions of culturally responsive (CR) practice, such as linking home and school, using culturally responsive literature, establishing relationships with children and parents, using cultural connections, and teaching English language learners and children who speak African American language. This engaging collection: Provides a window into what teachers actually do and think when they serve culturally diverse children, including classroom-tested teaching practices.Depicts teachers enacting CR teaching in the presence of scripted curricula and rigid testing schedules.Covers childhood, secondary, and higher education classrooms.Helps readers imagine how they can transform their own classrooms through “Make This Happen in Your Classroom” sections at the end of each chapter.Includes a “Becoming a Culturally Responsive Teacher” self-evaluation form. “A thoroughly contextualized description and understanding of culturally responsive teaching. It will become a classic.” —From the Preface by Lee Gunderson, University of British Columbia “The teachers profiled in this book keep the conversation alive and move us toward more just educational settings.” —From the Foreword by Patricia A. Edwards, Michigan State University
Book Synopsis Compass For Uncharted Lives by : Donald J. Kirby, S. J.
Download or read book Compass For Uncharted Lives written by Donald J. Kirby, S. J. and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2007-12-24 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Responding to the growing importance of the values education movement and the need for institutional guidance in the planning and implementation of values programs, this book offers a practical and conceptual model. A founder and for fifteen years the director of the Center for the Advancement of Values Education (CAVE) at Le Moyne College, Donald J. Kirby draws on that experience to clarify and describe the development, research, and fine-tuning skills required to create this evolving, effective, operational process. He makes the process come alive giving others the power to make it a reality in their own institutions. He documents the leadership, growth process, structure, and institutional support that have enabled the CAVE model to succeed at Le Moyne. Discussing a number of approaches, Kirby offers advice for tailoring the CAVE model to various kinds of institutions, from large universities to medical, law, and business schools. Compass for Uncharted Lives provides a unique practical guide to program development, making this book an invaluable resource for faculty and administrators who want to move from desire to action in terms of values education.
Download or read book Literacy written by Gordon Winch and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2006 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing an introduction to the principal literacy theories, while maintaining a focus on the practical application of literacy skills to everyday teaching, this book is divided into three parts: Reading; Writing; and Children's Literature.
Book Synopsis Handbook of Research in the Social Foundations of Education by : Steven Tozer
Download or read book Handbook of Research in the Social Foundations of Education written by Steven Tozer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011-07-05 with total page 747 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parts one and two of this volume present the theoretical lenses used to study the social contexts of education. These include long-established foundations disciplines such as sociology of education and philosophy of education as well as newer theoretical perspectives such as critical race theory, feminist educational theory, and cultural studies in education. Parts three, four, and five demonstrate how these theoretical lenses are used to examine such phenomena as globalization, media, popular culture, technology, youth culture, and schooling. This groundbreaking volume helps readers understand the history, evolution, and significance of this wide-ranging, often misunderstood, and increasingly important field of study. This book is appropriate as a reference volume not only for scholars in the social foundations of education but also for scholars interested in the cultural contexts of teaching and learning (formal and informal). It is also appropriate as a textbook for graduate-level courses in Social Foundations of Education, School and Society, Educational Policy Studies, Cultural Studies in Education, and Curriculum and Instruction.
Book Synopsis Literacy Difficulties by : Cathy Collins Block
Download or read book Literacy Difficulties written by Cathy Collins Block and published by Allyn & Bacon. This book was released on 2003 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this book is to prepare teachers to meet the reading and writing needs of students whose progress is not moving as rapidly as their peers'. Class-tested for two years in courses at the University of Georgia, Monmouth University, and the University of Notre Dame, Literacy Difficulties has proven itself an invaluable book for teachers and educators in general. Every chapter contains new types of lesson plans and assessment tools for classroom and clinical settings containing pupils with a wide range of reading ability levels. Teachers, curriculum developers, special education teachers, parents!
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Book Synopsis Communication and National Development by : Onyeka Uwakwe
Download or read book Communication and National Development written by Onyeka Uwakwe and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis To Feel as Our Ancestors Did by : Daniel A. Kelin
Download or read book To Feel as Our Ancestors Did written by Daniel A. Kelin and published by Heinemann Drama. This book was released on 2005 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To Feel as Our Ancestors Did demonstrates how to connect upper elementary and middle school students to their community through an inquiry-driven project that uses oral histories as its foundation and drama as an exciting way to explore and present them.
Book Synopsis Constructive Controversy by : Michelle Lee Tichy-Reese
Download or read book Constructive Controversy written by Michelle Lee Tichy-Reese and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Reading Beyond the Book by : Danielle Fuller
Download or read book Reading Beyond the Book written by Danielle Fuller and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers the first critical analysis of mass reading events and the contemporary meanings of reading in the UK, USA, and Canada based on original interviews and surveys with readers and event organisers. The authors interrogate the enduring attraction of an old technology for readers, community organizers, and government agencies, exploring the social practices inspired by the sharing of books in public spaces and revealing the complex ideological investments made by readers, cultural workers, institutions, and the mass media in the meanings of reading.
Book Synopsis Television ',Critical Viewing Skills', Education by : James A. Brown
Download or read book Television ',Critical Viewing Skills', Education written by James A. Brown and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Representing a significant survey and evaluation of major media literacy projects in the U.S. and selected countries throughout the world, this book covers all aspects of critical viewing skills. It provides comprehensive, theoretical and historical background about the field, the criteria for its evaluation, and various structured programs including the CVS projects and programs sponsored by school districts, individuals, non-governmental national organizations, and private companies. The book can serve as a guide for curriculum planners as well as teachers in the classroom and adult workshops -- and also parents and individual adult viewers -- in applying the best match of theories, practices, readings, and specific exercises to monitor and enhance television's role.
