Teaching Literacy in Urban Schools

Lessons from the Field
Herausgeber: Purdum-Cassidy, Barbara; Scott, Lakia M.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Today's public schools represent greater student diversity than ever before in the history of the United States, yet pedagogical approaches as mandated by state education agencies and school districts superimpose mainstream curricula and instructional practices which ultimately disadvantage the academic outcomes of the majority minority: African American and Hispanic/Latino(a) students. Unfortunately, national report findings also heighten the educational crisis that exists for Black and Brown children with regard to reading and writing achievement. As a result, there is need to deeply explore the relationship between Black and Brown student literacy achievement and educational policy, teacher education program, curriculum, and assessment. This book seeks to provide some practical insights guided by conceptual and contextual knowledge by understanding how to teach urban African American and Hispanic/Latino(a) students by discussing culturally appropriate instructional strategies that have demonstrated success among African American and Hispanic/Latino(a) students. This book will showcase successful models for teaching literacy to urban student through a discussion of topics that include: (1) increasing literacy achievement and motivation, (2) multicultural literacy practices, and (3) early and elementary literacy instruction.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 150
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. März 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 228g
• ISBN-13: 9781475839333
• ISBN-10: 1475839332
• Artikelnr.: 50450335

Autorenporträt

Barbara Purdum-Cassidy, Ed.D., is clinical assistant professor in the School of Education at Baylor University. She currently teaches elementary languages methods and advanced methods of teaching writing courses to pre-service teachers and graduate students. Lakia M. Scott, Ph.D., is assistant professor of Urban Education and Literacy in the School of Education at Baylor University. Under her research framework of increasing educational access and opportunity for traditionally minoritized students, she currently teaches courses in social and cultural foundations, literacy, and research methods.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: The Classroom as Community: Academic,
Social, and Cultural Needs for Urban Learners Chapter 1: Still Keepers of
the Dream: Lessons Learned from Elementary Literacy Educators Meredith Dana
and Lakia M. Scott Chapter 2: Not So Elementary: Preservice Teachers
Reflect on Teaching Urban Middle School Struggling Readers Lakia M. Scott
and Randy Wood Chapter 3: The Power of the Pen: Writing with Spoken Word
Poetry Lauren Bagwell, Karon LeCompte, and Brooke Blevins Chapter 4: Lovin
the Skin I'm In: Advocating for "stories" via Young Adult Literature Mona
Choucair Part II: Strategies, Approaches, and Models for Increasing
Literacy Motivation and Achievement Chapter 5: Aesthetic Approaches for
Teaching Writing to Upper Elementary Students Amanda Gardner and Evan
Ditmore Chapter 6: The 3CO Approach to Writing Instruction Nancy P.
Gallavan and Gloria L. Loring Chapter 7: Supporting Emergent Learners in
Their Beginning Steps Toward Literacy Margaret Thomson Chapter 8: Using
Picture Books to Engage Beginning Readers and Writers in Visual Literacy
Jacqueline Easley About the Editors About the Contributors Index