Immigrant Students and Literacy: Reading, Writing, and Remembering
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This powerful book demonstrates how culturally responsive teaching can make learning come alive. Drawing on his experience as a fifth-grade teacher in a multiethnic school where children spoke over 14 different home languages, the author reveals how he created a language arts curriculum from the students' own rich cultural resources, narratives, and identities. Illustrating the challenges and possibilities of teaching and learning in a large urban school, this book:
Documents how a culturally engaged pedagogy improved student achievement and increased standardized test scores. Examines the literacy practices of children from immigrant, migrant, and refugee backgrounds, and includes powerful examples of their voices and writing. Provides an invaluable model of reflective practice, including a wide array of student-centered strategies, to generate powerful learning experiences Demonstrates a way for teachers to tap into the various forms of literacy students practice beyond the borders of the classroom.Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0807747327
ISBN13:9780807747322
Release Date:December 2006
Publisher:Teachers College Press
Length:160 Pages
Weight:0.53 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 6.4" x 9.0"
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