Literacy Instruction for Today''s Classroom - Implementing Strategies Based on 20 Scholars and Their Ideas

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.

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

Product details

• Authors: John Simmons, John S Simmons, John S. Simmons, Simmons John S., Sharilyn Steadman, Sharilyn C Steadman, Sharilyn C. Steadman, Steadman Sharilyn C., Susan Wood, Susan Nelson Wood, Susan Nelson Steadman Wood, Wood Susan Nelson
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2010
• EAN: 9781933760339
• ISBN: 978-1-933760-33-9
• No. of pages: 278
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; EDUCATION / Administration / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Statistics, Teaching staff, Social research & statistics, Social research and statistics