1st Edition
Literacy for All Students An Instructional Framework for Closing the Gap
Preface
1. Introduction
Part I: The Sociocultural Context of Literacy Instruction
2. Classroom Caring and Teacher Dispositions: The Heart to Teach All Students
3. Classroom Climate/ Physical Environment: Creating an Inclusive Community
4. Parent Collaboration: Developing Partnerships with Families and Caregivers
Part II: Core Instructional Practices
5. Culturally Responsive Assessment: Creating a Culture of Learning
6. Curriculum and Planned Experiences: Bridging the Classroom with Students' Worlds
7. Pedagogy/ Instruction: Beyond "Best Practices"
8. Discourse/ Instructional Conversation: Connecting School and Personal Discourses
Part III: Becoming Critical
9. Sociopolitical Consciousness/ Multiple Perspectives: Empowering Students to Read the World
Contributors
Index
Biography
Rebecca Powell is Marjorie Bauer Stafford Endowed Professor of Education at Georgetown College, Kentucky
Elizabeth C. Rightmyer is an independent Education/Research Consultant. She directs the statewide Read to Achieve research project from which this book evolved.
"Literacy For All Students is a worthwhile read, challenging teachers to rethink best practices and reminding them that instruction should speak to the lives of the students."—International Journal of Multicultural Education
