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Direct linkGamble, Nikki; Yates, Sally – SAGE Publications (CA), 2008
This book is based on the belief that deep subject knowledge of language and literature provides a foundation for effective teaching and learning. It provides a guide to the range of genres and characteristic features of English language fiction written for children. It is designed to help readers to develop their understanding of literature…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, English, Fiction, Poetry
Download full textMilner, Joseph O'Beirne, Ed.; Milner, Lucy Floyd Morcock, Ed. – 1989
Representing Australia, Canada, England, the United States, and Wales, this collection of essays focuses on ways in which teachers can adapt classroom activities and modify writing assignments to encourage personal response and exploration of texts. Essays, their authors, and nationalities are as follows: (1) "The River and Its Banks:…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Literature Appreciation
Gamble, Nikki; Yates, Sally – SAGE Publications (CA), 2002
This book is based on the belief that deep subject knowledge of language and literature provides a foundation for effective teaching and learning. It provides a guide to the range of genres and characteristic features of English language fiction written for children, and is designed to help readers: (1) Develop their understanding of literature…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, English, Fiction, National Curriculum
Peterson, Ralph; Eeds, Maryann – 1990
Intended for teachers, this book demonstrates the importance of teaching with real books. The first three chapters outline the components of a literature program, the settings in which it operates, and the human communities that shape it. Chapter 4 discusses literary elements: character, time, mood, layers of story meaning, place, point of view,…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Literary Devices
Valenti, Patricia Dunlavy – 2003
"The Old Man and the Sea" remains one of Ernest Hemingway's most beloved works. This casebook helps readers interpret and appreciate the thematic concerns of the novel, as well as the contextual issues it explores. Topic chapters provide information on Cuba, including its natural geography, sociopolitical history, and the ethnic…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Foreign Countries, Instructional Materials, Learning Activities
Solomon, R. Patrick, Ed.; Sekayi, Dia, Ed. – Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Bks), 2007
This volume illuminates the most pressing challenges faced by urban schools, teachers, teacher candidates, and teacher training programs and offers a range of insights and possibilities for urban teacher education and teaching. Covering issues spanning the broadly theoretical to the urgently practical, it goes beyond the traditional discourses in…
Descriptors: Urban Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Cultural Pluralism, Justice
Gamble, Nikki; Yates, Sally – 2002
This book, a comprehensive guide to the range of genres and characteristic features of English-language fiction written for children, is based on the belief that deep subject knowledge of language and literature provides a foundation for effective teaching and learning. The book helps readers to develop their understanding of literature within…
Descriptors: Active Learning, British National Curriculum, Case Studies, Childrens Literature
Kamil, Michael L., Ed.; Mosenthal, Peter B., Ed.; Pearson, P. David, Ed.; Barr, Rebecca, Ed. – 2000
A comprehensive overview of important contemporary issues in the field of reading research, this book presents 47 essays that examine literacy through a variety of lenses--some permitting microscopic views and others panoramic views. Essays in the book cover current methodology as well as cumulative research-based knowledge. Essays in Part I…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Childrens Literature, Dyslexia, Educational Policy
Hoffman, James V., Ed.; Schallert, Diane L., Ed.; Fairbanks, Colleen M., Ed.; Worthy, Jo, Ed.; Maloch, Beth, Ed. – National Reading Conference, 2006
Close to 1,100 people attended the 55th Annual Meeting of the National Reading Conference at the Intercontinental Hotel in Miami, Florida from November 30-December 3, 2005. A record number of proposals were submitted this year (548), with 392 papers, symposia, and round tables accepted. This year's conference theme was inclusiveness and synthesis…
Descriptors: Research Design, Research Methodology, Reading Research, Synthesis
