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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Responding to literature"”.
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A question of response : responding to literature through small group discussion
This study, A Question of Response: Responding to Literature Through Small Group Discussion, looked at the question of how do small student-led discussion groups work to make meaning within the context of discussing short stories. In order to investigate the above question, ethnographic case study …
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Traditional and Digital Methods of Responding to Literature and the Impact on Student Writing
Students of today have grown up surrounded by an abundance of technology and teachers are faced with the challenge of integrating technology into the classroom. Along with the technological boom is the need for students to be equipped with strong literacy skills across the curriculum. The purpose …
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Freire and First Grade: In Pursuit of Generative Themes
… has resulted in a less personal curriculum for today's first graders. In the increasingly regimented first grade day, there is a need for the concerns of the children to be recognized. Paulo Freire espoused the use of generative themes with his adult students. This investigation is a qualitative …
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Promoting critical literacy among emergent bilinguals: an exploration of their identities
… and their world” (Freire & Macedo, 1987) during literature discussions; that world is structured by societal, school, and classroom constructions of race, culture and languages when students discussed literature books that pertained to these topics. More specifically, I looked at how Latino …
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Encouraging Reading Outside of School through Literature Response
The purpose of this study was to discover whether time spent in the classroom responding to literature read at home would encourage children to read at home. This study was based on the past research that states that good readers spend more time reading outside of school than weaker readers. Also, …
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Professional learning across contexts for LESLLA teachers: the unlikely meeting of adult educators in kindergarten to explore early literacy instruction
… of adult English as a Second Language (ESL) educators, the researcher facilitated a six-week professional development activity around the topic of early literacy instruction. The four participants in the study circle were all LESLLA (low-educated second language and literacy acquisition) teachers …