In this guide for high school teachers, Buckley, a veteran high school English teacher, offers suggestions for teaching critical literacy with poetry and activities based on writing, performance, and
"Teachers make a difference. The success of any plan for improving educational outcomes depends on the teachers who carry it out and thus on the abilities of those attracted to the field and their pre
Stephens (education, U. of South Carolina) brings together a group of teachers who collaborated with university faculty from the US to demonstrate the use of assessment with K-5 students to create cus
What can teachers and schools do -- with curricula, classroom settings, and teaching methods -- to help children learn most effectively? New evidence from many branches of science has significantly ad
This volume details how K-6 teachers and families can collaborate in building family-school relationships that value each other's view of literacy. Using her observations in a reading program and clas
For English teachers, Appleman (educational studies, Carleton College) argues for a combination of teaching literature with reading, and offers methods to teach reading to adolescents in literature cl
Seeking to make a positive difference for academics and new teachers, the eight authors speak from experience as they define and explain what really happens from the preservice year up to the sixth ye
This book details the results of a four-year collaboration among writing scholars on different dimensions of writing development across the lifespan. Chapters offer a framework for understanding w
Lynch considers how the field of composition thinks about teaching and how it can reinvent the pedagogical part of its mission in the wake of the expanded agenda that is no longer focused on pedagogy,
Sánchez develops a new theoretical approach to the study of writing by fusing key aspects of postmodern theory with the empirical sensibilities of composition studies and with that field's long-st
Rousculp founded the Community Writing Center at Salt Lake Community College in 2001, and when she left 12 years later, she decided to write about her experience for the benefit of colleagues in rheto
Hermsen describes how to teach poetry to students in all grades as a way to help them investigate the world, find meaning, and link poetry to conceptual and perceptual skills. He connects writing poet
Wessling, a high school English language arts teacher, explains how to address the Common Core State Standards in English language arts in grades nine through 12 while staying true to student-centered
Williams, a literacy teacher, who is joined by two English teachers, offers a guide to help teachers meet the challenges posed by the Common Core State Standards in English language arts for grades th
While English teachers are used to relying on the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) principles, they now must integrate the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) into their practice. Perry (
Part of a five-book series on advanced approaches to teaching English language arts, this guide shows veteran educators how to become better teachers of literature and informational texts. It expla
In order to understand the police report genre, its multiple readers, and contexts, Seawright conducted qualitative research for six years, using ethnographic field notes, interviews, observation,
Endo shares her experience of teaching high school students about the detention of Japanese Americans during World War II, emphasizing their reactions and responses to various works of Japanese Ame
