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Creating Classrooms for Authors and Inquirers

Creating Classrooms for Authors and Inquirers

In the first edition, the aim was to show teachers how to create the best possible literacy-learning environment. This updated text focuses on how their curriculum has moved from writing and reading to include inquiry.

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ISBN 9780435088507
Published 1 November 1995 by Pearson Education
Format Paperback, 2nd edition
Author(s) By Short, Kathy G.
By Harste, Jerome C.
By Burke, Carolyn

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ISBN-13 9780435088507
ISBN-10 0435088505
Stock Available
Status Indent title (internationally sourced), usually ships 4-6 weeks
Publisher Pearson Education
Imprint Heinemann
Publication Date 1 November 1995
International Publication Date 6 November 1995
Publication Country United Kingdom United Kingdom
Format Paperback, 2nd edition
Edition 2nd edition
Author(s) By Short, Kathy G.
By Harste, Jerome C.
By Burke, Carolyn
Category Palaeography (History Of Writing)
Literacy
Teaching Skills & Techniques
Interest Age All ages
Reading Age All ages
NBS Text Education & Teaching
ONIX Text Professional and scholarly
Number of Pages 628
Dimensions Width: 186mm
Height: 234mm
Spine: 29mm
Weight 1,078g
Dewey Code 372.6
Catalogue Code 268403

Description of this Textbook

Perhaps the richest source of practical, concrete structures for running a whole language classroom. - Rethinking Schools on the first editionHow do you set up supportive classrooms in which children can become real readers, writers, and inquirers? Can it be done every day, across the curriculum?
In the first edition, Short, Harste, and Burke presented practical theory of literacy instruction based on their work with classroom teachers. Their aim was to show practicing and preservice elementary teachers how to create the best possible literacy-learning environment.
In this second edition, the authors offer more ideas and rich descriptions of how their curriculum moved from writing and reading to include inquiry. Creating Classrooms for Authors and Inquirers represents their latest thinking, along with lingering questions and new concerns.
The first half of the book focuses on the authoring cycle and the ways in which Short, Harste, Burke, and other teacher-researchers have used the cycle as a curricular framework. The authors share their work within the writing curriculum, then move to the reading curriculum, and finally to rethinking curriculum as inquiry. They also discuss issues related to maintaining a community of inquirers.
The second half of the book contains more detailed descriptions of curricular engagements within the authoring cycle framework, such as authors folder, bookmaking, and readers theatre. These classroom strategies have already worked for hundreds of teachers, and Short, Harste, and Burke are at their practical best as they share them with you. Extensive samples of student work are included.
The ideas and experiences expressed in this volume are the result of a group of people who have worked together, thought together, and built from the work of others over time. Creating Classrooms for Authors and Inquirers is a resource you will refer to again and again.

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NZ Review ?Perhaps the richest source of practical, concrete structures for running a whole language classroom.?-Rethinking Schools on the first edition

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