Read Write Inc. Literacy and Language, publishing May 2013, is a new programme that will cover your literacy and language teaching for years 2-6/P3-7, with a multi-layered approach to developing comprehension, vocabulary, writing, critical thinking and discussion, with explicit guidance for teaching grammar skills in context and through writing.
Read Write Inc. Literacy and Language, publishing May 2013, is a new programme that will cover your literacy and language teaching for years 2-6/P3-7, with a multi-layered approach to developing comprehension, vocabulary, writing, critical thinking and discussion, with explicit guidance for teaching grammar skills in context and through writing.
Read Write Inc. Literacy and Language, publishing May 2013, is a new programme that will cover your literacy and language teaching for years 2-6/P3-7, with a multi-layered approach to developing comprehension, vocabulary, writing, critical thinking and discussion, with explicit guidance for teaching grammar skills in context and through writing.
A comprehensive Key Stage 3 English scheme that reflects National Literacy Strategy priorities by spanning both non-fiction and fiction text-types in twin student books.
This newly updated edition provides a solid introduction to curriculum development in gifted and talented education. Written by experts in the field of gifted education, this text uses cutting-edge curriculum design techniques and aligns the core content with national and state standards. In addition to a revision of the original chapters, the second edition contains new chapters on topics such as second language learning, leadership, arts curriculum, and technology. The text identifies the basic principles of curriculum development : accelerated learning within the core content areas, use of higher order process skills, development of creative student products, and concept development and learning. These techniques are incorporated into a chapter on each core content area : language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies, as well as world languages and the arts. The final chapters focus on the roles of teachers, program coordinators, and administrators during curriculum design, including selecting resources and materials, aligning curriculum, and assessing student learning. --from back cover.
Providing a distillation of knowledge in the various disciplines of arts education (dance, drama, music, literature and poetry and visual arts), this essential handbook synthesizes existing research literature, reflects on the past, and contributes to shaping the future of the respective and integrated disciplines of arts education. While research can at times seem distant from practice, the Handbook aims to maintain connection with the live practice of art and of education, capturing the vibrancy and best thinking in the field of theory and practice. The Handbook is organized into 13 sections, each focusing on a major area or issue in arts education research.
Drama at the Heart of English is unique in its exploration of drama’s potential to revitalise English as a secondary school subject. It focuses specifically on the value and inclusive nature of educational drama practices in the reading of literary, dramatic and multimodal texts in the English classroom. Examples from the authors’ research show English teachers working in the drama-in-English mode with real learners as part of their everyday classroom activity. Challenging current curriculum and assessment constraints, the authors argue that drama-in-English pedagogy re-establishes English as a creative, imaginative and interactive subject. This book: offers a blend of theory and practice to demonstrate the powerful potential of drama-in-English proposes that drama is a uniquely sustainable form of learning in English when fully integrated into the daily work of classroom teachers highlights the intrinsic connection that exists between drama and the playful qualities of literary texts analyses landmark moments and key policy shifts that have shaped the development of the relationship between drama and English over time This resource is for all educators interested in and passionate about the field of English and Language Arts. It is a must-read for the international academic community of researchers, practitioners, teacher-educators and teachers of English, as well as student-teachers of English/Media/Drama.
