Immigrant Students and Literacy: Reading, Writing, and RememberingThis powerful book demonstrates how culturally responsive teaching can make learning come alive. Drawing on his experience as a fifth-grade teacher in a multiethnic school where children spoke over 14 different home languages, the author reveals how he created a language arts curriculum from the students’ own rich cultural resources, narratives, and identities. Illustrating the challenges and possibilities of teaching and learning in a large urban school, this book:
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Contents
The National Mythology and Urban Teaching | 1 |
PARTI The Power of Inquiry | 7 |
Back to the Urban Classroom | 14 |
Copyright | |
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Immigrant Students and Literacy: Reading, Writing, and Remembering Gerald Campano Limited preview - 2019 |
Immigrant Students and Literacy: Reading, Writing, and Remembering Gerald Campano No preview available - 2006 |
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