Literacy Instruction for Today's Classroom

Implementing Strategies Based on 20 Scholars and Their Ideas, 1st Edition

Susan Nelson Wood; Sharilyn C. Steadman and John S. Simmons

Increase your knowledge about literacy, develop your skills in planning, facilitating, and assessing student growth, and become a more confident teacher of English and language arts. Combining historical scholarship, discussion prompts, and practical classroom examples to blend past with present, this new resource grounds the discussion of literacy teaching and learning in the first decades of the new century using the language, resources, and policies currently existing in the field. The book includes classroom scenarios—cases representing sound research-based best practices—detailing real teachers in real K-12 classrooms. Interactive text features called “What do you think?” and “Case in point,” assist readers as they analyze the theoretical soundness of research-based practices.

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers / Christopher-Gordon

Pages: 278 •

978-1-933760-33-9 • Paperback • December 2010 • $24.00 • (£17.99)

Subjects: Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / Language Arts, Education / Professional Development, Education / Research, Education / Elementary / Language Arts, Education / Secondary / Language Arts

Literacy Instruction for Today's Classroom

Implementing Strategies Based on 20 Scholars and Their Ideas, 1st Edition

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Summary

Increase your knowledge about literacy, develop your skills in planning, facilitating, and assessing student growth, and become a more confident teacher of English and language arts. Combining historical scholarship, discussion prompts, and practical classroom examples to blend past with present, this new resource grounds the discussion of literacy teaching and learning in the first decades of the new century using the language, resources, and policies currently existing in the field. The book includes classroom scenarios—cases representing sound research-based best practices—detailing real teachers in real K-12 classrooms. Interactive text features called “What do you think?” and “Case in point,” assist readers as they analyze the theoretical soundness of research-based practices.

Details

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers / Christopher-Gordon

Pages: 278 •

978-1-933760-33-9 • Paperback • December 2010 • $24.00 • (£17.99)

Subjects: Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / Language Arts, Education / Professional Development, Education / Research, Education / Elementary / Language Arts, Education / Secondary / Language Arts

Author

Susan Nelson Wood, Professor at Florida State University
Sharilyn Steadman, Professor at East CarolinaUniversity
John S. Simmons, Professor at Florida State University