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This study of not only the silence, but the silencing of Mexican American Students in one California community college holds lessons for all educators-of all students at all levels. Cazden

Charles William Eliot Professor of Education (Emerita),

Harvard Graduate School of Education

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Based on an ethnographic study in a village in Malawi, the book focuses on understanding power relationships and identity in literacy practices using the concept of 'figured worlds'.

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A state-of-the-art compendium of resource materials and current practice that answers two basic questions: "What is literacy" and "How do individuals become literate"

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This volume considers the teaching of writing in computer-supported and traditional classrooms. It is divided into three main sections which consider: literary processes - access to a symbolic system; learning and meaning in childhood; and literacy and activity contexts in adulthood.

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This critical ethnography of school libraries contributes to the study of the politics of literacy at the elementary school level as well as provides an interesting case study of border crossing.

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Explores discourses involved in the teaching of literacy which can be conceptualised as deriving from the political 'left'. The book considers the ideological sources of educational practice in literacy. It draws on international government policy and literacy teaching to explore the trends in the teaching of literacy.

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This is the first in-depth study of gender issues in early literacy learning. This account of early literacy learning links the personal and social meaning of literacy in children's everyday lives with the larger cultural and political significance of gender.

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This is the first in-depth study of gender issues in early literacy learning. This account of early literacy learning links the personal and social meaning of literacy in children's everyday lives with the larger cultural and political significance of gender.

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The issues of literacy and illiteracy have made their presence felt in every country of the world. The international research section is subdivided into sections pertaining to cross-cultural, cross-national, world literacy, and world regional research in literacy.

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Offering a wealth of maps and geographic routes for 28 books, this guide illustrates how to teach with literary maps, taking students on a journey through real and imaginary terrains.

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This educator's guide is a combination reference, strategy guide, and tutorial for enhancing literature circles with technology, from the use of eBooks as the reading source to implementing a successful literature circle in an interactive online environment.

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A Literature Circle is a group of students reading the same novel, and producing a common goal or projects through cooperative learning.

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A reference work for teachers dealing with the subject of conflict. It includes a number of different types of works dealing with war and peace, such as picture books, poetry, biographies, Revolutionary and Civil War books, and stories dealing with pacifism.

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Motivate middle school students to become more involved in literature! Introducing hundreds of sophisticated and thought-provoking picture books on a variety of topics, this book shows you how to connect students to literature through picture books.

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Literature-Based Art & Music is both a guide to exciting books and a blueprint for rewarding activities that contribute to student achievement within elementary school programs. This book is the ideal handbook for achieving the goals of your curriculum, and an exciting addition to the Oryx Press Literature-Based Series.

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Drawing on McCarty's conclusion that children are natural philosophers who can understand such concepts as prejudice, compassion, and death, this title guides parents and educators in introducing philosophy to K-8-age children in order to develop their critical thinking.