Engaging Boys in Active Literacy - Evidence and Practice

Informationen zum Autor William G. Brozo is Professor of Literacy in the Graduate School of Education at George Mason University, Virginia. On the Learning Metrics Task Force, he helped establish global learning and assessment standards and he contributes to iLit, a digital program for struggling adolescent readers. Klappentext Provides strong research analysis alongside effective instructional approaches to increasing boys' literacy skills and motivation. Zusammenfassung This is the ideal resource for practitioners in the field of literacy or undergraduate and graduate students in literacy and related programs. The book's wide coverage of the topic also makes it suitable for scholars in gender studies, learning disabilities, and additional language acquisition. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Boys' reading and learning: identifying the issues; 2. Boys and literacy: a closer look; 3. Boys' masculinities and identities: evidence and practice; 4. Socio-economics and boys: evidence and practice; 5. Immigrant and new language learner boys: evidence and practice; 6. Literacy engagement and boys: evidence and practice; 7. Boys and new literacies: evidence and practice; 8. Boys and writing: evidence and practice.

Product details

• Authors: William G. Brozo, William G. (George Mason University Brozo, Brozo William G.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9781108498630
• ISBN: 978-1-108-49863-0
• No. of pages: 266
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; EDUCATION / Educational Psychology, Educational psychology, Philosophy & theory of education, Philosophy and theory of education, Literacy strategies, Educational strategies and policy