Re-Reading Families - The Literate Lives of Urban Children, Four Years Later

Informationen zum Autor Catherine Compton-Lilly is an Assistant Professor in Literacy at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. She taught in the public schools of New York State for 18 years. Klappentext Four years after publishing her provocative study, Reading Families: The Literate Lives of Urban Children, Compton-Lilly revisits the same group of urban students (then first graders, now fourth and fifth graders) and their families. Armed with rare longitudinal data from follow-up interviews and reading assessments, she once again upsets widespread misconceptions about reading and urban families. This eye-opening sequel uses case studies to explore important issues, such as students' feelings of connection to their school; gender and schooling; parents' experiences dealing with "the system"; high-stakes testing; and technology use at home. Zusammenfassung Uses case studies to explore important issues! such as students' feelings of connection to their school; gender and schooling; parents' experiences dealing with ""the system""; high-stakes testing; and technology use at home.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Catherine Compton-Lilly, Catherine/ Gee Compton-Lilly
• Con la collaborazione di: Marilyn Cochran-Smith (Editore), Susan L Lytle (Editore), Susan L. Lytle (Editore)
• Editore: Teachers College Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 15.06.2007
• EAN: 9780807747919
• ISBN: 978-0-8077-4791-9
• Pagine: 141
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 222 mm x 13 mm
• Serie: Practitioner Enquiry Series; Practitioner Inquiry (Paperbac; Practitioner Inquiry (Paperbac; Practitioner Inquiry; Practitioner Enquiry Series
• Categorie: Libri scolastici > Libri scolastici per istituti a indirizzo generale; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Pedagogia scolastica, didattica, metodica