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Shim Lew – Science Education, 2024
The emphasis on language and literacy in science education research has urged science teachers to include reading as an integral part of learning science. However, in US secondary schools, the percentage of students reading under grade level is high, and emergent bilinguals (EBs) are significantly represented among this group. While researchers…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Bilingual Students, Secondary School Students, Science Instruction
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Vaughn, Margaret; Scales, Roya Q.; Stevens, Elizabeth Y.; Kline, Sonia; Barrett-Tatum, Jennifer; Van Wig, Ann; Yoder, Karen K.; Wellman, Debra – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2021
Since the passing of No Child Left Behind Act of 2002 (NCLB), teacher autonomy over curricular decisions has been restricted. As a result, state and local school districts faced increased pressures to adopt highly prescriptive and standardized literacy curricular programmes. Given this context, literacy curriculum adoption has become a widely…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Curriculum Development, Decision Making, Professional Autonomy
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Teresa LeSage; Emily Schindler – English Journal, 2016
In this piece, a practicing teacher discusses an institutional and collegial experience as she attempts to implement an innovative, research-based curricular model for literacy education.
Descriptors: English Instruction, English Teachers, Literacy Education, Instructional Innovation