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  • Teaching Children's Literature

    It's Critical!

    by Christine H. Leland, Mitzi Lewison, Jerome C. Harste ...
    Now in its third edition, this indispensable text offers a critical perspective on how to integrate children’s literature into the curriculum in effective, purposeful ways. Structured around three "mantras" that build on each other—Enjoy; Dig deeply; Take action—the book is rich with real examples of teachers implementing critical pedagogy and tools to support students’ development as enthusiastic ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Teaching K-8 Reading

    Disrupting 10 Literacy Myths

    by Christine H. Leland, Mitzi Lewison, Jerome C. Harste ...
    Accessible and engaging, this methods textbook provides a roadmap for improving reading instruction. Leland, Lewison, and Harste explain why certain ineffective or debunked literacy techniques prevail in the classroom, identify the problematic assumptions that underly these popular myths, and offer better alternatives for literacy teaching. Grounded in a mantra that promotes critical thinking and ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Creating Critical Classrooms

    Reading and Writing with an Edge

    by Mitzi Lewison, Christine Leland, Jerome C. Harste ...
    This popular text articulates a powerful theory of critical literacy—in all its complexity. Critical literacy practices encourage students to use language to question the everyday world, interrogate the relationship between language and power, analyze popular culture and media, understand how power relationships are socially constructed, and consider actions that can be taken to promote social ... Read more

    $99.99 USD

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  • Reclaiming Reading

    Teachers, Students, and Researchers Regaining Spaces for Thinking and Action

    Edited by Richard J. Meyer, Kathryn F. Whitmore ...
    Inviting teachers back to the role of reflective advocates for thoughtful reading instruction, this book presents theory and pedagogical possibilities to reclaim and build upon the knowledge base that was growing when government mandates, scripted commercial programs, and high stakes tests took over as the dominant agenda for reading instruction in U.S. public schools. Focusing on literacy ... Read more

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  • Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes, Second Edition

    by Robert M. Emerson, Rachel I. Fretz, Linda L. Shaw ...
    Series series Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and
    In Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes, Robert M. Emerson, Rachel I. Fretz, and Linda L. Shaw present a series of guidelines, suggestions, and practical advice for creating useful fieldnotes in a variety of settings, demystifying a process that is often assumed to be intuitive and impossible to teach. Using actual unfinished notes as examples, the authors illustrate options for composing, reviewing, ... Read more

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  • Naming What We Know, Classroom Edition

    Threshold Concepts of Writing Studies

    Edited by Linda Adler-Kassner, Elizabeth Wardle ...
    Naming What We Know, Classroom Edition examines the core principles of knowledge in the discipline of writing studies, using the lens of “threshold concepts”—concepts that are critical for epistemological participation in a discipline. This edition focuses on the working definitions of thirty-seven threshold concepts that run throughout the research, teaching, assessment, and public work in ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

  • Teaching Students to Read Like Detectives

    Comprehending, Analyzing and Discussing Text

    by Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey ...
    Series series Essentials for Principals
    Prompt students to become the sophisticated readers, writers, and thinkers they need to be to achieve higher learning. The authors explore the important relationship between text, learner, and learning. With an array of methods and assignments to establish critical literacy in a discussion-based and reflective classroom, you’ll encourage students to find meaning and cultivate thinking from even ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Writing the Qualitative Dissertation

    Understanding by Doing

    by Judith M. Meloy ...
    The purpose of this book is to share, in rich detail, an understanding of how it feels and what it means to do qualitative research, and to provide support for doctoral students who choose this form of inquiry for their dissertation research. ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Literacy Tools in the Classroom

    Teaching Through Critical Inquiry, Grades 5-12

    by Richard Beach, Gerald Campano, Melissa Borgmann, Brian Edmiston ...
    Series series Language and Literacy Series
    This innovative resource describes how teachers can help students employ “literacy tools” across the curriculum to foster learning. The authors demonstrate how literacy tools such as narratives, question-asking, spoken-word poetry, drama, writing, digital communication, images, and video encourage critical inquiry in the 512 classroom. This dynamic text will inspire teachers to:Work together to ... Read more

    $26.59 USD

  • Inspiring Dialogue

    Talking to Learn in the English Classroom

    by Mary M. Juzwik, Carlin Borsheim-Black, Samantha Caughlan, Anne Heintz ...
    Series series Language and Literacy Series
    Inspiring Dialogue helps new English teachers make dialogic teaching practices a central part of their development as teachers, while also supporting veteran teachers who would like new ideas for inspiring talk in their classrooms. Chapter by chapter, the book follows novice teachers as they build a repertoire of practices for planning for, carrying out, and assessing their efforts at dialogic ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Literacy Theory as Practice

    Connecting Theory and Instruction in K12 Classrooms

    by Lara J. Handsfield ...
    Series series Language and Literacy Series
    This comprehensive textbook introduces readers to the most influential theories and models of reading and literacy, ranging from behaviorism and early information-processing theories to social constructionist and critical theories. Focusing on how these theories connect with different curricular approaches to literacy instruction (pre-K to grade 12), the author shows how they both shape and are ... Read more

    $35.09 USD