| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 245 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Explorations of educational purpose ; v. 5 |
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Explorations of educational purpose ; v. 5.
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| Contents |
Standards, standards everywhere and no a spot to think / P.L. Thomas -- Rubrics, scoring grades, and testing, testing, testing ; Marketing child readers : ranking and sorting / Renita Schmidt -- English as a scripted language ; "When are we going to do English?" / P.L. Thomas -- How school works : raise your hands when you want to learn ; "Why don't you mark the errors on my child's papers?" : explaining yourself theoretically and professionally / Renita Schmidt -- "Why aren't you teaching C.S. Lewis?" : challenges and expectations from outside school / P.L. Thomas -- But are they ready to do best practices? / Renita Schmidt -- Building and department politics : talking English ; Literacy as action : empowering students / P.L. Thomas -- Assessing our way into instruction : what teachers know and how they know it / Renita Schmidt -- Conclusion: Implications for literacy classrooms in the 21st century |
| Summary |
Explores the prescriptions that hinder authentic and effective approaches to literacy instruction. This book identifies scripts which include the Bureaucratic Script, the Corporate Script, the Student Script, the Parent and Public Script, and the Administrative Script |
| Analysis |
onderwijs |
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education |
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samenleving |
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society |
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Education (General) |
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Onderwijs (algemeen) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-237) and indexes |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Literacy -- Study and teaching
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Education -- Aims and objectives.
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Literacy -- Economic aspects
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Literacy.
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Sciences sociales.
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Sciences humaines.
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Education -- Aims and objectives
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Literacy -- Economic aspects
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Literacy -- Study and teaching
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Thomas, P. L. (Paul Lee), 1961-
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| ISBN |
9781402089817 |
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1402089813 |
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1281876038 |
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9781281876034 |
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9786611876036 |
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6611876030 |
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