| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 349 pages) |
| Contents |
Urban teacher researchers' struggles in sharing power with their students : exploring changes in literacy curriculum genres / Christine C. Pappas, Liliana Barro Zecker -- Creating a writing workshop in first grade : how to teach literacy "skills" and help children "come to voice" / Jane Liao, Dian Ruben, Pamela Wolfer -- "Pero, nosotros no somos autores!" : Using explanations to scaffold authorship in Latino second graders / Liliana Barro Zecker [and others] -- "Does that sound like you?" : Exploring ways to foster eighth-grade students' voice in their written research reports / Dian Ruben, Jane Liao, Michael Rassel -- Fostering first-graders' phonemic awareness and much more : using ABC books in the reading-aloud curriculum genre / Christine C. Pappas [and others] -- 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 [and others] -- Bridging into English through reading-alouds : more than a curricular routine in a bilingual third grade / Liliana Barro Zecker [and others] -- Trying out roles for learning : finding the "right" drama approach for sixth graders / Henry Tabak, Jr., Paul Fowler -- Finding the right balance : using drama to promote special education students' engagement in literacy learning / Dian Ruben, Jane Liao, Bernadine Braun -- Exploring "language richness" in a bilingual kindergarten classroom : the possible forms and power of collaborative talk / Liliana Barro Zecker [and others] -- Fostering young readers : creating contexts for kindergartners' reenactments of books in the classroom / Dian Ruben, Jane Liao, Demetrya Collier -- Creating ways to individualize teacher response in various group reading experiences for second graders / Jane Liao, Dian Ruben, Renuka L. Mehra -- The rocky road to grand conversations : learning how to facilitate literature-discussion groups in fourth grade / Shannon Hart, Diane Escobar, Susan C. Jacobson -- Transforming curriculum genres in urban schools : the political significance of collaborative classroom discourse / Christine C. Pappas, Liliana Barro Zecker |
| Summary |
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 backgrounds resulted in developing more collaborative styles of teaching |
| Notes |
Companion vol. to Teacher inquiries in literacy teacher-learning. c2000 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Language arts (Elementary) -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Case studies
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Education, Urban -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Case studies
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College-school cooperation -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Case studies
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EDUCATION -- Elementary.
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College-school cooperation.
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Education, Urban.
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Language arts (Elementary)
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Illinois -- Chicago.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Pappas, Christine
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Zecker, Liliana Barro
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| ISBN |
1410600777 |
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9781410600776 |
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9780805824018 |
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0805824014 |
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