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Gregory, Gayle H.; Burkman, Amy – Corwin, 2011
As you tailor your teaching to engage the increasing number of English language learners, the key to success is focusing on literacy. Adapted from the highly successful "Differentiated Literacy Strategies for Student Growth and Achievement in Grades K-6", this book provides a wealth of grade-specific literacy strategies that not only increase…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Functional Literacy, Technological Literacy, Individualized Instruction
Carvalho, Carolina; Solomon, Yvette – International Journal of Educational Research, 2012
The Portuguese curriculum has recently moved away from a focus on individual subject disciplines towards the development of cross-disciplinary competencies for civic life, including the development of statistical literacy in application to everyday problems. Students are encouraged to draw on their own interests to collect and organize data sets…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Citizenship Education, Cooperative Learning, Statistics
Chi, Feng-ming – Language and Education, 2012
In recent years, social identity has been recognized as a salient factor in second/foreign language learning, since literacy practice is not simply a matter of acquiring pre-given knowledge and sets of strategies, but involves a complex process of negotiating identities, cultures or even power relations. This study reports how a Taiwanese…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Second Language Learning, Data Analysis, Sexual Identity
Pinxten, Rik; Francois, Karen – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2011
Working with Navajo Indian informants in Arizona, USA we became aware of the capabilities of children and adults to find their way in vast and clearly "chaotic" canyons. One thing we did was describe what people actually did and said about their ways to find the way back home in such contexts. A second one was to use these data in order…
Descriptors: Navajo (Nation), Mathematics, American Indian Education, Reservation American Indians
Kew, Bryan; Given, Kim; Brass, Jory – Journal of Language and Literacy Education, 2011
In this article, a beginning teacher, experienced teacher, and teacher educator reflect upon their experiences with qualitative self-studies of language and literacy in teacher education courses. The goal of these course projects was to introduce teachers to sociocultural theories, qualitative research, and "new" literacies. Sharing…
Descriptors: Teacher Researchers, Qualitative Research, Multiple Literacies, Beginning Teachers
Rust, Chris; Froud, Lorna – Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability, 2011
"There is no difference between academic skills and employment skills," (Jackson, 2011, p.1). This paper argues that there is often a false dichotomy in the minds of academics between employability, and the so-called "skills agenda", and the teaching of academic disciplines. And even in professional courses, the view of…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Employment Potential, Job Skills, Literacy
Pitkänen-Huhta, Anne, Ed.; Holm, Lars, Ed. – Multilingual Matters, 2012
"Literacy Practices in Transition" explores the connections between local, situated literacy practices and global processes of mobility in the geographical space of the Nordic countries, an example of contemporary mobile societies. The detailed empirical analyses show how these connections affect individuals, practices and policies; how…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Foreign Countries, Literacy Education, Educational Trends
McBride, Mark F. – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2012
The response to the countless forms of information delivery and creation has been the catalyst for the development of the new literacies that are being researched and implemented into teaching by educators around the world. This article will examine information literacy courses being taught at colleges and universities and how the courses…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Professional Associations, Research Libraries, Information Literacy
Stergioulas, Lampros K., Ed.; Drenoyianni, Helen, Ed. – Peter Lang New York, 2011
Over the last two decades, advances in information and communication technologies (ICTs) have contributed to the ideological construct of an emerging "knowledge society"--one which places a high value on knowledge and education and promises a better future for humanity. However, the severe economic--and by extension, social and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, Media Literacy, Information Literacy
Bruno-Jofre, Rosa; Hills, George – Educational Theory, 2011
In this essay, Rosa Bruno-Jofre and George Hills examine two major Ontario policy documents: 1968's "Living and Learning" and 1994's "For the Love of Learning." The purpose is, first, to gain insight into the uses of the term "excellence" in the context of discourse about educational aims and evaluation, and, second,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis, Discourse Analysis
Binder, Marni; Kotsopoulos, Sally – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2011
The current study examines how children develop multimodal narratives through the construction of quilt squares and I Am poetry. Creating visual narratives through the use of personal artifacts lays the foundation for this artistic multiple literacy experience. The study focuses on the process and growth that a diverse group of kindergarten…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Personal Narratives, Poetry, Intermode Differences
Jensen, Pegeen; Paige, Christine; Sweredoski, Dawn; Yanoff, Elizabeth – Language and Literacy Spectrum, 2010
Reading projects that integrate technology engage today's students and prepare them to be literate in the 21st century. In this article, we describe in detail successful podcasting and wiki projects conducted with NYSRA Charlotte Award nominated books. We also explore additional digital literacy projects that teachers can use in their literature…
Descriptors: Awards, Media Literacy, Multiple Literacies, Technology Integration
Langer, Judith A. – Teachers College Press, 2010
This book by Judith Langer--internationally known scholar in literacy learning--examines how people gain knowledge and become academically literate in the core subjects of English, mathematics, science, and social studies/history. Based on extensive research, it offers a new framework for conceptualizing knowledge development (rather than…
Descriptors: Literacy, High Stakes Tests, Creative Thinking, Learning Processes
Hurley, Meredith Graupner – ProQuest LLC, 2010
In the twenty-first century, advancements in technology continue to influence our understanding of literacy education. According to the National Council of Teachers of English, "[b]ecause technology has increased the intensity and complexity of literate environments, the twenty-first century demands that a literate person possess a wide range…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Doctoral Programs, Writing (Composition), Rhetoric
Bharuthram, Sharita; Kies, Carolynn – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2013
This article draws on research conducted at a tertiary institution in South Africa as part of the redesigning of an English for Educational Development (EED) course to include an e-learning online discussion component. The subject material used was based on HIV/AIDS topics that students had to debate within an online discussion forum. Framed by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Intervention, Barriers