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Rethinking Language Arts : Passion and Practice
Rethinking Language Arts Passion and Practice Author:Nina Zaragoza, Garland Pub Based on classroom experience — In the form of letters to her students, this teacher-educator urges her audience to reflect on and rethink language arts teaching. She instructs her students to reflect on and rethink language arts teaching. She instructs her students to review and reevaluate their classroom practices to create an accommodating and... more » positive environment for all children. The in-class research and situations she draws on throughout her book are based on her experience with non-native English-speaking children in urban environments.
Spotlights the teacher's many roles
The author explores and explains such teacher roles as decision maker, reflective thinker, political being, and social change agents. The text connects classroom practice to critical theory and provides a clear vision of alternative classroom environments in action. It is a blueprint for instituting the changes that are needed for the classrooms of the new century. Its focus on the teacher as prime mover in classes of multilingual, multicultural, and physically challenged students is central to creating the thinking that a teacher must now employ to ensure a positive learning experience for a diverse student population.
Stresses the essentials
In addition to lucid explanation and extensive classroom examples, the author stresses the importance of understanding educational philosophy and theory - the underpinnings that enable teachers to create classrooms, curricula, and schools that meet the needs of students
Special features
*Based on experience with non-native English speaking students
*Demonstrates how respect for children's knowledge, culture, and perceptions creates a teacher-pupil partnership
*Discusses how to assess and evaluate student work« less