This concise resource provides innovative new strategies for supporting English learners in elementary classrooms. The authors delve into the social, cultural, and linguistic backgrounds of English learners in American schools, and describe how to teach to each student's strengths and background knowledge. Each chapter provides examples from real classrooms where first, third, and fifth grade teachers are working to serve students from a wide variety of backgrounds. Guided by up-to-date research on disciplinary literacy, these expert authors provide a meaningful guide to integrating...
This concise resource provides innovative new strategies for supporting English learners in elementary classrooms. The authors delve into the social, ...
As top-down educational reform policies at local and national levels increasingly isolate teachers from their own professional and instructional agency, and stultify children s passion for learning, new techniques are needed for understanding and transforming educational practices. Narrative Inquiry in Early Childhood and Elementary School: Learning to Teach, Teaching Well facilitates meaningful change in early years education by providing early childhood and elementary school teachers with methods to incorporate narrative into their instruction and inquiry. This book offers...
As top-down educational reform policies at local and national levels increasingly isolate teachers from their own professional and instructional ag...
As top-down educational reform policies at local and national levels increasingly isolate teachers from their own professional and instructional agency, and stultify children s passion for learning, new techniques are needed for understanding and transforming educational practices. Narrative Inquiry in Early Childhood and Elementary School: Learning to Teach, Teaching Well facilitates meaningful change in early years education by providing early childhood and elementary school teachers with methods to incorporate narrative into their instruction and inquiry. This book offers...
As top-down educational reform policies at local and national levels increasingly isolate teachers from their own professional and instructional ag...
