With a Little Help from My Friends: Conversation-Based Instruction for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CLD) Classrooms

ISBN-13: 9780807761786 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019

Paula J. Mellom; Rebecca K. Hixon; Jodi P. Weber

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• Contents
• Acknowledgments vii
• Preface xi
• Sociocultural Context of Today and Why We Need This Conversation-Based System xi
• Evolution of the Arch Model for Collaborative Conversation-Based Instruction xii
• How to Navigate this Book xvii
• 1. Introduction 1
• Why Conversation as a Means of Instruction? 1
• The Arch of Collaborative, Conversation-Based Instruction 11
• 2. Laying the Foundation: Creating a Safe Classroom Environment 15
• The Affective Filter and Its Importance in the Classroom 15
• Creating Norms for Collaborative Conversations 16
• The Importance of Teaching Social–Emotional Skills  
• in Facilitating Academic Engagement 23
• 3. Building the Columns: Accessing and Capitalizing on Teachers’ and Students’ Assets  25
• Reframing Our Outlook: Funds of Knowledge Are Assets Not Deficits 25
• Home Language 27
• Background Knowledge and Experience 30
• Social Interaction Skills 33
• Content Literacy Skills 36
• Motivations 38
• Aptitudes 39
• Reviewing Our Assets: The Columns of Strength 45
• 4. Framing the Scaffolding: Providing Differentiated Support 46
• Listening 47
• Purposeful Planning 54
• Task Cards 56
• Complex Questioning 65
• Habits of Collaboration Tools 71
• The Scaffolding and Social–Emotional Learning (SEL)  78
• 5. Integrating the Voussoir Blocks: Enacting Meaningful, Complex, Collaborative, Conversation-Based Lessons 81
• Language and Literacy 82
• Contextualization 95
• Challenging and Complex Activities 108
• Collaboration 115
• Purposeful Conversation 123
• 6. Placing the Keystone: Designing the Joint Productive Activity (JPA)  130
• The JPA: The Keystone That Holds the Arch System Together 131
• Building a Joint Productive Activity (JPA) 138
• Considerations for Getting Started 163
• References  167
• Index 175
• About the Authors 186