Contributed by authors who write from various disciplinary perspectives, the essays in this book clarify the learning theories of Mikhail Bakhtin and address the application of his concepts to contemporary issues. In addition, the authors are joined by other scholars in a Bakhtinian dialogue. Together, they address questions that readers may have about Bakhtinian theory and its application to everyday teaching practices.
Contributed by authors who write from various disciplinary perspectives, the essays in this book clarify the learning theories of Mikhail Bakhtin and ...
Contributed by authors who write from various disciplinary perspectives, the essays in this book clarify the learning theories of Mikhail Bakhtin and address the application of his concepts to contemporary issues. In addition, the authors are joined by other scholars in a Bakhtinian dialogue. Together, they address questions that readers may have about Bakhtinian theory and its application to everyday teaching practices.
Contributed by authors who write from various disciplinary perspectives, the essays in this book clarify the learning theories of Mikhail Bakhtin and ...
What can teachers in British and American inner-city schools learn from each other about literacy training? To explore this question, Sarah Warshauer Freedman and her British colleagues set up a writing exchange that matched classes from four middle and high schools in the San Francisco Bay area with their London equivalents.
Exchanging Writing, Exchanging Cultures offers concrete lessons to school reformers, policymakers, and classroom teachers about the value and effectiveness of different approaches to teaching writing. Freedman goes beyond the specific subject matter of...
What can teachers in British and American inner-city schools learn from each other about literacy training? To explore this question, Sarah Warshau...
This volume addresses a central question in the acquisition of written language-the interrelated roles of response and revision- and begins to account both for the cognitive processes underlying learning to write and the social context of schooling. Both perspectives are crucial to understanding the acquisition of writing. The first section examines the language of instruction to see how response and revision are accomplished in instructional settings. The second section investigates the role of the computer as respondent and the usefulness of its aid during revision. The final section...
This volume addresses a central question in the acquisition of written language-the interrelated roles of response and revision- and begins to acco...
For first-year teachers entering the nationa's urban schools the task of establishing a strong and successful practice is often extremely challenging. In this compelling look at first-year teachersa' practice in urban schools editors Jabari Mahiri and Sarah Warshauer Freedman demonstrate how a program of systematic classroom research by teachers themselves enables them to effectively target instruction and improve their own practice. The book organizes the teachersa' research into three broad areas corresponding to issues the new teachers identified as the most challenging. The First Year of...
For first-year teachers entering the nationa's urban schools the task of establishing a strong and successful practice is often extremely challenging....
For first-year teachers entering the nationa's urban schools the task of establishing a strong and successful practice is often extremely challenging. In this compelling look at first-year teachersa' practice in urban schools editors Jabari Mahiri and Sarah Warshauer Freedman demonstrate how a program of systematic classroom research by teachers themselves enables them to effectively target instruction and improve their own practice. The book organizes the teachersa' research into three broad areas corresponding to issues the new teachers identified as the most challenging. The First Year of...
For first-year teachers entering the nationa's urban schools the task of establishing a strong and successful practice is often extremely challenging....
