Exchanging Writing, Exchanging Cultures - Lessons in School Reform From the United States and Great Britain

Informationen zum Autor Sarah Warshauer Freedman is Professor of Education and the Study of Writing at the University of California, Berkeley. Klappentext What can teachers in British and American inner-city schools learn from each other about literacy training? To explore this question! Sarah Warshauer Freedman and her British colleagues set up a writing exchange that matched classes from four middle and high schools in the San Francisco Bay area with their London equivalents."Exchanging Writing! Exchanging Cultures" offers concrete lessons to school reformers! policymakers! and classroom teachers about the value and effectiveness of different approaches to teaching writing. Freedman goes beyond the specific subject matter of this study! looking anew at Vygotsky's and Bakhtin's theories of social interaction and addressing the larger questions of the relationship between culture and education. Zusammenfassung What can teachers in British and American inner-city schools learn from each other about literacy training? To explore this question! Sarah Warshauer Freedman and her British colleagues set up a writing exchange that matched classes from four middle and high schools in the San Francisco Bay area with their London equivalents. Inhaltsverzeichnis Borders are not boundaries; learning about policy and curriculum - the national surveys; comparing local contexts - exchanges among teachers! schools! and classrooms; sharing responsibility! releasing control! Carol Mather and Fiona Rodgers; managing mixed-ability teaching! raising standards! Nancy Hughes and Peter Ross; creating opportunity! implementing national examinations! Ann Powers and Gillian Hargrove; elevating expectations! facing constraints! Bridget Franklin and Philippa Furlong; crossing cultures. Appendices: chapter 2 tables; value orientations in teaching writing; data collection and analysis for the exchange.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Sarah Warshauer Freedman, Freedman Sarah Warshauer
• Editore: Harvard University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 25.03.1997
• EAN: 9780674273948
• ISBN: 978-0-674-27394-8
• Pagine: 320
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Linguistica generale e comparata; USA, English, EDUCATION / Administration / General, Literacy, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / English as a Second Language, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Literacy, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Organization & management of education, Educational administration and organization, United States of America, USA, Teaching of a specific subject, Language learning: writing skills, Writing skills, Schools, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / General, Schools and pre-schools, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / General, EDUCATION / Schools / General