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Literacy for a diverse society : perspectives, practices, and policies / edited by Elfrieda H. Hiebert.

Hiebert, Elfrieda H. (Added Author).
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  • ISBN: 080773098X (alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 9780807730980 (alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 0807730971 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9780807730973 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: xi, 316 p. ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Teachers College Press, Teachers College, Columbia University, c1991.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Introduction / Elfrieda H. Hiebert -- Part I. Perspectives -- Literacy and schooling : a sociocognitive perspective / Judith A. Langer -- Social and cultural constraints on students' access to school knowledge / Margaret A. Eisenhart and Katharine Cutts-Dougherty -- Diversity and constancy in human thinking : critical literacy as amplifier of intellect and experience / Robert Calfee and Sharon Nelson-Barber -- Cultural literacy reconsidered / Ernest R. House, Carol Emmer, Nancy Lawrence -- Redefining literacy and literacy contexts : discovering a community of learners / Ofelia B. Miramontes and Nancy L. Commins -- Part II. Practices -- Characteristics of literacy programs for language-minority students / Robert Rueda -- Cross-cultural perspectives on classroom discourse and literacy / Pamela McCollum -- Promoting literacy through classroom dialogue / Annemarie Sullivan Palincsar and Yvonne Marie David -- Task and talk structures that foster litreacy / Elfrieda H. Hiebert and Charles W. Fisher -- A process approach to literacy instruction for Spanish-speaking students : in search of a best fit / Maria de la Luz Reyes -- Enhancing literacy through cooperative learning / Michael S. Meloth -- Two-tiered scaffolding : congruent processes of teaching and learning / Janet S. Gaffney and Richard C. Anderson -- Fostering early literacy through parent coaching / Patricia A. Edwards -- Part III. Policies -- Policy and the rationalization of schooling / Rexford Brown -- Literature : whose heritage? / Arthur N. Applebee -- Children who find learning to read difficult : school responses to diversity / Richard L. Allington -- The role of assessment in a diverse society / Georgia Earnest Garcia and P. David Pearson -- Negative policies for dealing with diversity : when does assessment and diagnosis turn into sorting and segregation? / Lorrie A. Shepard.
Subject: Language experience approach in education > United States.
Literacy > United States.
Constructivism (Education)
Multikulturelle Gesellschaft.
Sprachunterricht.

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