Literacy Achievement and Diversity - Keys to Success for Students, Teachers, and Schools

Informationen zum Autor Kathryn H. Au is chief executive officer of SchoolRise, LLC, in Honolulu, Hawaii, and past president of the International Reading Association. Klappentext What can educators do to improve the literacy learning of students of diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds? This book highlights four keys to success that educators can use. It shows that it can be donethe literacy achievement gap can be closed! and culturally responsive instruction is an important part of the solution. Students of diverse backgrounds can achieve high levels of literacy! in classrooms where learning can be joyful! and in schools where educators have a strong sense of community and purpose. Zusammenfassung Addresses the question of what educators can do to close the literacy achievement gap. It begins by outlining theory and research and then provides practical strategies to help teachers improve the literacy learning of students of diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds.

Product details

• Authors: Kathryn Au, Kathryn H. Au
• Assisted by: James A Banks (Editor), James A. Banks (Editor)
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.03.2011
• EAN: 9780807752067
• ISBN: 978-0-8077-5206-7
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Multicultural Education; Multicultural Education Series; Multicultural Education; Multicultural Education Series
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries