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Townsend, Dianna – Teachers College Press, 2022
Help adolescents learn and use the academic words that will assist them in school and beyond. The author argues that "words worth using" must matter to adolescents' authentic work in the disciplines and connect to their lived experiences. Rather than using a model of vocabulary instruction that positions students as passive recipients…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Secondary School Students, Academic Language, Vocabulary Development
Helmers, Carolyn; Vincent, Susan – Stenhouse Publishers, 2021
In "Intentional from the Start: Guiding Emergent Readers in Small Groups," Carolyn Helmers and Susan Vincent take a concentrated look at the often-underestimated reading and writing work that occurs during the emergent reading stages of literacy development (PreA-D) and the seemingly simplistic books we use to teach them in small-group…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Reading Material Selection, Books, Beginning Reading
Burkins, Jan; Yates, Kari – Stenhouse Publishers, 2021
From phonological processing to brain research to orthographic mapping to self-teaching hypothesis, "Shifting the Balance" cuts through the rhetoric (and the sciencey science) to offer readers a practical guide to decision-making about beginning reading instruction. The authors honor the balanced literacy perspective while highlighting…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Literacy Education, Beginning Reading, Teaching Methods
Tierney, Robert J.; Pearson, P. David – Teachers College Press, 2021
In this volume, two notable scholars trace the monumental shifts in theory, research, and practice related to reading education and literacy, with particular attention to what they consider the central goal of literacy-making meaning. Each section describes a specific epoch, including a brief snapshot of how the reader of that period is envisioned…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Reading Instruction, Educational Change, Educational History
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Ibrahim, Nizar Kamal – English Language Education, 2022
This book discusses how to approach critical literacy in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) contexts. It responds to the concerns of educators who get enthusiastic about teaching critical literacy, but become perplexed when they start reading about its theories. This causes some to avoid it altogether and leads others to argue for practicing it…
Descriptors: Critical Literacy, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
McChesney, Elizabeth M.; Nicholas, Brett – ALA Editions, 2020
Laying the groundwork for building children's curiosity, openness to learning, ability to persist in the face of failure, and interest in connecting learning from one subject to the other are important objectives for today's libraries. Partnering with cultural institutions, such as the Chicago Public Library (CPL) does with Chicago's Museum of…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Reading Instruction, Active Learning, Learning Activities
Such, Christopher – SAGE Publications Ltd (UK), 2021
The essential guide to the science behind reading and its practical implications for classroom teaching in primary schools. Teaching children to read is one of the most important tasks in primary education and classroom practice needs to be underpinned by a secure foundation of knowledge. Teachers need to know what reading entails, how children…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Elementary School Students, Teaching Methods, Evidence Based Practice
Willis, Arlette Ingram; McMillon, Gwendolyn Thompson; Smith, Patriann – Teachers College Press, 2022
Drawing on the authors' experiences as Black parents, researchers, teachers, and teacher educators, this timely book presents a multipronged approach to affirming Black lives and literacies. The authors believe change is needed--not within Black children, but in the way they are perceived and educated, particularly in reading, writing, and…
Descriptors: African American Students, Literacy Education, African American History, African American Culture
Tovani, Cris – Stenhouse Publishers, 2020
In "Why Do I Have to Read This?" Cris Tovani shares her best secrets, lessons learned from big fails, and her most effective literacy and planning strategies that hook these hard to get learners. You will meet many of Cris's students inside this book. As she describes some of her favorites, you may even recognize a few of your own. You…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Strategies, Learner Engagement, Motivation Techniques
Eisenbach, Brooke; Greathouse, Paula – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2020
Today's secondary virtual teachers are tasked with designing and implementing effective literacy instructional approaches for adolescent online learners. Neglecting to consider the magnitude of possessing literacy skills needed in today's world and not teaching literacy effectively may lead to challenges for students in school and beyond. For most…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Literacy Education, Online Courses, Educational Technology
Marilyn Leask Ed.; Sarah Younie Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2024
This fully updated third edition of "Teaching and Learning with Technologies in the Primary School" introduces practising and student teachers to the range of ways in which technology can be used to support and extend teaching and learning opportunities in their classrooms. Newly expanded to include 50% brand new chapters reflecting the…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Integration, Technology Uses in Education, Elementary Education
Hiebert, Elfrieda H. – Teachers College Press, 2019
Research shows that vocabulary is the best support for students' comprehension of narrative and information texts. Often, vocabulary instruction focuses on a few target words in specific texts. However, to understand the many new words in complex texts students need to know how words work. This book, written by an award-winning authority on…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods
Mariana Souto-Manning; Jessica Martell; Benelly Álvarez – Teachers College Press, 2024
This new edition of the bestseller "Reading, Writing, and Talk" responds to the urgent need for creating language and literacy pathways that are inclusive, intentional, and center wholeness and belonging. The authors explain, show, and offer critical reflections on the development, teaching, and learning of reading, writing, and talk…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Writing Skills, Reading Instruction, Writing Instruction
Washington, Durthy A. – Teachers College Press, 2023
Help students to explore the intertextuality of literature and to think more deeply and compassionately about the world. This book shows high school teachers and college instructors how to foreground a work's cultural context, recognizing that every culture has its own narrative tradition of oral and written classics that inform its literature.…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Literature, Social Justice, Reading Instruction
Donna M. Scanlon; Kimberly L. Anderson; Erica M. Barnes; Joan M. Sweeney – Guilford Press, 2024
This established text and teacher resource is now in a revised and updated third edition, with a broader focus on whole-class instruction as well as small-group and individualized intervention. The evidence-based Interactive Strategies Approach (ISA) provides a clear framework for supporting literacy development in grades K-3, particularly for…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Literacy Education, Reading Instruction, Early Intervention
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