1st Edition
Adolescent Literacy What Works and Why
348 Pages
by
Routledge
348 Pages
by
Routledge
348 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1988. Much has changed since then in schools. Mobile technologies, interactive whiteboards, digital texts, class websites, student-authored blogs, social networking and photo sharing sites found integrated into so many classrooms hadn’t even been imagined by most educators.
What hasn’t changed, however, are the developmental needs of adolescents. A sense of competence,... Read more
Foreword. Introduction to the Second Edition 1. Adolescent Literacy Today 2. Methodology 3. The Kenosha Model: Academic Improvement through Language Experience 4. STAR: Structured Teaching in the Areas of Reading and Writing 5. HILT: High Intensity Language Training – An Effective Model of Second-Language Literacy Instruction 6. After-school literacy Programmes for Young Adolescents 7. Summer Literacy Programmes ofr Young Adolescents 8. Special Findings 9. What Works and Why 10. Translating What Works into Programmes and Policies. Appendix. Annotated Resource List
Biography
Judith Davidson, David Koppenhaver
