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Howard, Christy; Adams-Budde, Melissa; Lambert, Claire; Myers, Joy – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2021
Content-area standards foreground the importance of reading and writing across the disciplines. With this in mind, it is important to examine the beliefs and practices of teachers who successfully integrate literacy in content-area courses in order to provide models for others. This paper examines beliefs and practices of two novice secondary…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, History Instruction, Case Studies, Course Content
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Wagner, Susanne M.; Hoecherl-Alden, Gisela – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 2020
More than ever, faculty need to ensure that undergraduate curricula not only provide students with tools to gain linguistic proficiency but also teach them to analyze both written and visual information to attain historical literacy. Developing both intercultural proficiency and insights into various historical memorialization processes ensures…
Descriptors: German, History Instruction, Literacy, Language Proficiency
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Stewart, Mary Amanda; Walker, Katie – TESOL Journal, 2017
Although, traditionally, the purpose of the social studies class in secondary schools is to teach content knowledge, this article argues that historical learning can be a powerful vehicle for English language development for late-arrival English learners (ELs) in middle and high schools. ELs bring a wealth of life experiences, diverse…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, History
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Rogers, N. Jeff; LeCompte, Laurie; Plumly, Vanessa – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 2012
Conceived of as a response to the 2007 MLA Report on the state of foreign language teaching and learning in the United States, this article takes up some of the report's recommendations and puts them into practice. The first part of the article offers a response to current debates concerning foreign language programs and lays the conceptual…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Violence, History Instruction, Second Language Instruction
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Armstrong, Sonya L.; Reynolds, Rita – NADE Digest, 2011
This manuscript describes a first-year college study strategies course designed to introduce students to literacy practices typical in academic settings. Given constraints imposed by institutional requirements on students' schedules during their first year, an authentic course pairing with a content area course is rarely possible; therefore, the…
Descriptors: Literacy, Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing, Learning Strategies
Schall-Leckrone, Laura – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This qualitative research study examined how student teachers and novice history teachers learn to teach adolescent bilingual learners (BLs) from coursework to the classroom. The purpose of the study was to investigate to what extent five participants drew upon social justice-oriented pre-service preparation when they taught history to bilingual…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, History Instruction, Teaching Methods, Student Teachers