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Showing 1 to 20 of 37 for “"teaching literacy"”.
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Strategies for Teaching Literacy
… spell? How do they best construct meaning from literacy lessons? This study discusses a balanced approach to literacy education examining the use of phonetic and whole-language approaches to instruction. The author examines the benefits of teaching reading and spelling using each approach …
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Exploring Elementary Pre - Service Teachers Technological Knowledge for Teaching Literacy: a Phenomenological Study
… readiness of pre-service teachers to meet the literacy needs necessary in this technology mediated world by utilizing a theoretical framework that consists of a learning framework: Transformative Learning, a literacy framework: Multi literacies, and a technological framework: Technological …
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Teaching Literacy with Simplified Instruction and Evidence-based Pedagogy to Improve Early Childhood Reading
This study aims to enhance the quality of literacy instruction in rural primary schools in Tanzania by promoting early childhood reading through simplified instruction and evidence-based teaching strategies. Many primary school students struggle with reading and writing, leading to a higher …
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Teaching literacy and language in a functioning Western Cape quintile one school : a grade one case study
The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) provides compelling evidence that many learners fail to achieve at the required grade level in South African primary schools. Although there are various factors that might contribute to this, the teaching and classroom practices of the …
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The Relationship Between the Next Generation Content Area Reading Professional Development Program on the Effectiveness of Teaching Literacy Strategies in High School Biology Classes
<p>The need for effective content area reading teachers have continued to increase since the introduction of one public school districts’ Content Area Reading Professional Development (CAR-PD) in 2006. In 2011, modifications were made to improve the program, and it became known as the Next …
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Balancing the pendulum : a single case study of early-career teachers’ perspectives on the influence of preservice education self-efficacy in teaching literacy in New York.
… the skills to deliver effective, evidence-based literacy instruction (Tortorelli et al., 2021). A review conducted by the National Council on Teacher Quality of 702 teacher preparation programs found that only 28% of teacher education programs adequately addressed the five essential components of …
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Views of teachers and parents on use of local sign language in teaching literacy education among hearing-impaired learners in lower grades: a case of selected primary schools in Lusaka, Zambia
… and parents on use of local sign language in teaching literacy education to hearing-impaired learners in lower grades. The objectives of the study were to: identify local language signs used in the teaching of literacy education in schools; establish the views held by teachers and parents on …
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Views of teachers and parents on use of local sign language in teaching literacy education among hearing-impaired learners in lower grades: a case of selected primary schools in Lusaka, Zambia
… and parents on use of local sign language in teaching literacy education to hearing-impaired learners in lower grades. The objectives of the study were to: identify local language signs used in the teaching of literacy education in schools; establish the views held by teachers and parents on …
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Critical Pedagogy and literacy teaching in Grade 4 classrooms
… investigated the use of critical pedagogy in literacy teaching in the Grade 4 classrooms of two Quintile 1-4 schools on the Cape Flats, in the Western Cape. Its purpose was to provide Grade 4 teachers in disadvantaged schools on the Cape Flats with an opportunity to share their experiences of …
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Comparing literate and oral cultures with a view to improving understanding of students from oral traditions: an autoethnographic approach
<p>In his book Orality and Literacy, Walter Ong describes the difference between cultures that have never been exposed to literature and those that have been highly influenced by literature and literacy. He suggests that such learners have a different “consciousness” as a result of their life …
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Getting the colours to ‘sing’: exploring pupils’ creative engagement with contemporary text-making in a literacy classroom
… to mobile digital devices during their schooled literacy lessons. A qualitative multiple case study design was developed which comprised of a pupil questionnaire, pupil discussions and digital text production. This study implemented a constructivist interpretivist theoretical approach in its …
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Literacy difficulties in fourth grades transitioning to English language from Otjiherero in the Otjozondjupa region
This study investigated the specific literacy difficulties experienced by fourth graders who previously received instruction in the mother tongue (Otjiherero) at the lower primary phase and at the time of the study, had transitioned to the upper primary phase where they receive instruction in …
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An Investigation of a Peer Coaching Model on the Professional Learning and Teacher Self-Efficacy of Elementary Literacy Teachers
… skills for academic success, yet the teaching of reading is very complex. There is a need to support teachers with ongoing professional learning for quality literacy instruction. Peer coaching can be a meaningful, personalized, job-embedded form of professional learning for teachers …
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Towards an affective pedagogical model for teaching English language and literacy to migrant learners
… the learning process. Therefore, if existing teaching practices do not cater for the complexity of a multicultural and multilingual classroom or the emotional needs of migrant learners, the learning process of these learners is likely to be stunted. This thesis is concerned with the role of …
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Social Studies Teachers' Perceptions of English Language Learners in the Mainstream Classroom
… contributed to the academic disparity and inept literacy levels between native English speakers and non-native English speaking students’. The number of non-English speaking students within the local public-school systems is tremendous and their literacy skills are inferior to their peers. The …
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‘Undergoing' as posthuman literacy research in an in/formal settlement primary school in South Africa
My research began with a critical incident of my teaching performance being monitored in a British primary school classroom. A dis/continuous re-turning to the incident catalyses analysis of concepts in education and the educator's role in teaching literacy. Analysis is predominantly enabled …
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How Kindergartners' Talks and Drawings Inform Our Ways of Developing a Curriculum of Caring and Imagination
… tend to emphasize children's mastery of literacy skills while ignoring their natural development and imagination. Author's abstract: This study explores how kindergartners' talks and drawings inform our ways of developing a curriculum of caring and imagination. The mandates of …
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Using Computers to Develop Phonemic Awareness in the Early Primary Classroom
… explores the evolution of the strategy for teaching literacy in the UK which shows phonics to be a key component of that strategy. However, government reports which inform the direction of the literacy strategy call for more empirical study in all areas of literacy teaching; this thesis …
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Teaching of literacy competencies to learners in overcrowded classrooms in the Mamaila circuit, Mopani district.
The aim of the study was to investigate the teaching strategies being used by teachers teaching literacy competencies in overcrowded classrooms of Mamaila Circuit primary schools. The study followed a qualitative approach. The design was a case study. The literacy competences were in the home …
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Professional learning across contexts for LESLLA teachers: the unlikely meeting of adult educators in kindergarten to explore early literacy instruction
… 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 whose students are adult immigrants and refugees who do not read and write in their primary languages. …
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