Regarding Children's Words: Teacher Research on Language and Literacy

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Cynthia Ballenger
Teachers College Press, 2004 - 176 pages
Written by members of one of the best-known and longest-standing teacher study groups, this compelling collection of essays explores the intersection of though, language and culture as revealed in classroom discourse. Focusing on classroom issues, this insightful volume shows teachers how to make reflection play a key role in their teaching and planning and how to translate research into improved teaching and learning in the classroom.
 

Table des matières

Developing a Community of Inquiry The Values and Practices of the Brookline Teacher Researcher Seminar
1
Turns in a Conversation An Exemplar of a Project in the BTRS
12
I Need People Storytelling in a SecondGrade Classroom
22
Reading Storybooks with Young Children The Case of The Three Robbers
31
Students Talking and Writing Their Way into Functional Worlds
43
In Search of an Honest Response
71
Whats Real About Imagination?
85
Mainstreaming Entering Another Classrooms Culture
106
Look Karen Im Running Like Jello Imagination as a Question a Topic a Tool for Literacy Research and Learning
119
Imagining the Classroom
149
References
159
About the Contributors
165
Index
167
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