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Beyond Early Literacy: A Balanced Approach to Developing the Whole Child book cover

1st Edition

Beyond Early Literacy A Balanced Approach to Developing the Whole Child

By Janet B. Taylor, Nancy Amanda Branscombe, Jan Gunnels Burcham, Lilli Land Copyright 2011
176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge
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For early childhood classrooms – where curriculum is increasingly shaped by standards and teachers are pressed for time – Beyond Early Literacy offers a literacy method that goes beyond simply developing language arts skills. Known as Shared Journal, this process promotes young children’s learning across content areas – including their communication and language abilities, writing skills, sense... Read more

Part One: The Child as Learner

1. The Child as Learner

2. The Process of Shared Journal

3. Learning in the Communicative Arts

4. The Reading-Writing Connection

5. Developing the Narrative Voice

6. Learning in the Content Areas

Part Two The Teacher as Facilitator

7. A Study of Cases

8. Meeting Standards and Mandates: A Teacher’s Story

9. Technology and Shared Journal

10. Shared Journal with Special Groups

11. Assessment and Documentation: A Teacher’s Story

12. Teachers as Advocates

Biography

Janet B. Taylor is Wayne T. Smith Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Early Childhood Education at Auburn University.

Nancy Amanda Branscombe is Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education at Athens State University.

Jan Gunnels Burcham is Professor of Early Childhood Education and Fletcher Distinguished Chair of Teacher Education at Columbus State University.

Lilli Land is a recipient of the NAESP National Distinguished Principal Award for Alabama and currently is an education consultant.

Recommended by CHOICE Magazine for  upper-division undergraduate, graduate, and research collections.

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