The Work of Language in Multicultural Classrooms
Talking Science, Writing Science
Edited by Katherine Richardson Bruna, Kimberley Gomez
Series: Language, Culture, and Teaching Series
List Price: $140.00
Add to Cart- ISBN: 978-0-8058-6427-4
- Binding: Hardback (also available in Paperback)
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 07/18/2008
- Pages: 384
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Table of Contents
Foreword (Okhee Lee)
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
Part I: The Language of Science Schooling
2. Journal and Book Writing in Integrated Science-Literacy Units (Christine C. Pappas, Maria Varelas, Tamara Ciesla, and Eli Tucker-Raymond)
3. Developing Expository Writing Skills in Science Through the Integration of Inquiry-Based Science and Literacy Instruction (Yu-Min Ku, Monica S. Yoo, and Eugene E. Garcia)
4. The Writing on the Wall: The Daily Calendar as Science Practice (Kimmarie Cole)
5. Literacy Infusion in a High School Environmental Science Curriculum, (Jennifer Zoltners Sherer, Kimberly Gomez, Phillip Herman, Louis Gomez, Jolene White, and Adam Williams)
Part II: Science Learning Funds of Knowledge
6. Negotiating Participation in a Bilingual Middle School Science Classroom: An Examination of One Successful Teacher’s Language Practices (Jennifer S. Goldberg, Kate Muir Welsh, and Noel Enyedy)
7. Locating Time in Science Classroom Activity: Adaptation as a Theory of Learning and Change (Jorge L. Solís, Shlomy Kattan, and Patricia Baquedano-López)
8. "You’re Magmatic Now": Language Play, Linguistic Biliteracy, and the Science Crossing of Adolescent Mexican Newcomer Youth (Katherine Richardson Bruna)
Part III: The Development of a Science Learner Identity
9. Academic Identity and Scientific Literacy (John M. Reveles)
10. The Math Initiative in a 7th Grade Science Class: How a Daily Routine Results in Academic Participation by ELLs (Holly Hansen-Thomas)
11. Science, Culture and Equity in Curriculum: An Ethnographic Approach to the Study of a Highly-Rated Curriculum Unit (Joel Kuipers, Gail Brendel Viechnicki, Lindsey A. Massoud, and Laura J. Wright)
12. The Importance of Objects in Talking Science: The Special Case of English Language Learners (Doris Ash, Kip Tellez, and Rhiannon Crain)
Part IV: Assessing the State of Science Education: Towards Promising Practices for Responsive Instruction
13. Linguistics and Science Learning for Diverse Populations: An Agenda for Teacher Education (Lisa Patel Stevens, Julian Jefferies, María Estela Brisk, and Stacy Kaczmarek)
14. Experimenting in Teams and Tongues: Team Teaching a Bilingual Science Education Course (María Torres-Gúzman and Elaine V. Howes)
Conclusion
Afterword (Sonia Nieto)
Contributors
Author Index
Subject Index



