Transforming Literacy Curriculum Genres: Working with Teacher Researchers in Urban Classrooms

ISBN-13: 9781138463745 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 362 str.

Christine C. Pappas

Opis

This study was based on inquiries on various literacy topics, conducted in urban schools as part of an action research project. Attempts to adapt teaching practice to meet the needs of pupils from diverse ethnic and linguistic backgounds resulted in developing more collaborative styles of teaching.

Recenzje

"The information is relevant to all who teach. This scholarly book presents a richly detailed portrait of literacy, is easy to read, and provides numerous examples grounded in theory and practical application. Highly recommended for graduate and upper-division undergraduate students interested in literacy."
—CHOICE

"Two collaborative efforts are chronicled in this volume, and both are equally interesting and instructive: first, the effort by teachers to improve the quality of instruction in their classrooms, with the support and encouragement of university personnel, and second, the efforts of individual teachers to establish collaborative inquiry in their own classrooms....These essays constitute a front line view of what it actually means to improve instruction, under the most difficult of circumstances, and demonstrate the importance of supporting competent and dedicated teachers."
—Marcia S. Popp
Southern Illinois University

Spis treści

Preface -- 1 Urban Teacher Researchers’ Struggles in Sharing Power With Their Students: Exploring Changes in Literacy Curriculum Genres /Christine C. Pappas and Liliana Barro Zecker -- Part I: Writing Curriculum Genres -- 2 Creating A Writing Workshop in First Grade: How to Teach Literacy “Skills” and Help Children “Come to Voice” /Jane Liao, Dian Ruben, and Pamela Wolfer -- 3 “Pero, Nosotros No Somos Autores!”: Using Explanations to Scaffold Authorship in Latino Second Graders /Liliana Barro Zecker, Caidyn Nichols, Linda Montes,and Sarah Cohen -- 4 “Does That Sound Like You?”: Exploring Ways to Foster Eighth-Grade Students’ Voice in Their Written Research Reports /Dian Ruben, Jane Liao, and Michael Rassel -- 5 Fostering First-Graders’ Phonemic Awareness and Much More: Using ABC Books in the Reading-Aloud Curriculum Genre /Christine C. Pappas, Shannon Hart, Diane Escobar, and Anne Barry -- B Two Teachers’ Efforts to Transform The Reading-Aloud Curriculum Genre for Collaboration: Examining Shifts of Process and Content Dimensions of Sharing Authority /Christine C. Pappas, Shannon Hart, Diane Escobar, Hawa Jones, and Dorothy A. O'Malley -- 7 Bridging Into English Through Reading-Alouds: More Than a Curricular Routine in a Bilingual Third Grade /Liliana Barro Zecker, Caitlyn Nichols, Linda Montes, and Sonia Torres Pasewark -- Part III: Drama Curriculum Genres -- 8 Trying Out Roles for Learning: Finding the “Right” Drama Approach for Sixth Graders /Henry Tabak, Jr., and Paul Fowler -- 9 Finding the Right Balance: Using Drama to Promote Special Education Students’ Engagement in Literacy Learning /Dian Ruben, Jane Liao, and Bemadine Braun -- Part IV: Other Language and Literacy Curriculum Genres -- 10 Exploring “Language Richness” in a Bilingual Kindergarten Classroom: The Possible Forms and Power of Collaborative Talk /Liliana Barro Zecker, Caitlyn Nichols, Linda Montes, and Sonia White Soltero -- 11 Fostering Young Readers: Creating Contexts for Kindergartners’ Reenactments of Books in the Classroom /Dian Ruben, Jane Liao, and Demetrya Collier -- 12 Creating Ways to Individualize Teacher Response in Various Group Reading Experiences for Second Graders /Jane Liao, Dian Ruben, and Renuka L. Mehra -- 13 The Rocky Road to Grand Conversations: Learning How to Facilitate Literature-Discussion Groups in Fourth Grade /Shannon Hart, Diane Escobar, and Susan C. Jacobson -- 14 Transforming Curriculum Genres in Urban Schools: The Political Significance of Collaborative Classroom Discourse /Christine C. Pappas and Liliana Barro Zecker -- About the Authors -- Author Index -- Subject Index.

O autorze

Pappas, Christine C.