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Full-Text Articles in Education
Critical Awareness For Literacy Teachers And Educators In Troubling Times, Patriann Smith, S. Joel Warrican
Critical Awareness For Literacy Teachers And Educators In Troubling Times, Patriann Smith, S. Joel Warrican
Literacy Practice and Research
The field of literacy remains assailed by a persisting discrepancy between an increasing body of literacy research that honors the diversity in students’ practices juxtaposed against a persistent system of schooling and high-stakes assessment that has not been designed to draw from underrepresented students’ literate assets. This discrepancy has created a situation where teachers often receive well-intentioned instruction from literacy educators about how to address diverse literacy needs, but then, struggle to enact this instruction in the high-stakes testing environment of classrooms and schools where they have little autonomy. We argue in this essay that critical multilingual, critical multicultural and …
Perceptions Of Support And Teacher Retention In Secondary Schools, Amaris Leal
Perceptions Of Support And Teacher Retention In Secondary Schools, Amaris Leal
FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Teacher attrition is a problem plaguing districts across the nation. Miami-Dade County Public Schools is the 4th largest school district in the nation and continues to encounter difficulty keeping teachers. This study investigates how nine secondary level teachers conceptualize support. Teachers’ years of experience range from five to thirty-five years teaching in Miami-Dade County Public schools. Early, Mid and Late Career teachers were interviewed to understand their lived experiences in the professions as it pertains to support and how they conceptualize support. This case study utilizes phenomenological methods informed by the work of Vagle (2018) and van Manen (2014, …
Preparing Contemporary Reading/Literacy Specialists: Pairing Research And Standards, Allison Swan Dagen, Aimee Morewood, Susan Taylor, Christina Glance, Angela Curfman, Kimberly Goletz
Preparing Contemporary Reading/Literacy Specialists: Pairing Research And Standards, Allison Swan Dagen, Aimee Morewood, Susan Taylor, Christina Glance, Angela Curfman, Kimberly Goletz
Literacy Practice and Research
The evolving role of the school-based reading/literacy specialist and the shifts necessary for programs preparing candidates for this role are addressed in this paper. We begin by sharing a brief history of the role as implemented in preK-12 schools, with a focus on contemporary responsibilities. Then, we present a detailed account of the program level decisions aligned with the International Literacy Association Standards for Literacy Professionals 2017 (2018) and programmatic elements research (Lacina & Block, 2011). We conclude this paper with recommendations and next steps for programs who focus on reading/literacy specialist preparation and implementation of the role in preK-12 …
Expanding Representations For Historical Content In Literacy, Samuel Dejulio, James R. King, Norman A. Stahl
Expanding Representations For Historical Content In Literacy, Samuel Dejulio, James R. King, Norman A. Stahl
Literacy Practice and Research
In spite of the need for literacy educators to possess an understanding of the history of the field, such historical perspectives are often absent in current programs, even at the graduate level. Fortunately, embedding history in programs and courses can be done in a variety of meaningful, engaging, and simple ways. In this article we present and describe several approaches for instructors who want to embed or even expand history into current literacy courses. We organize these approaches into three areas: Inquiry-based learning, dramatic structures, and humanistic approaches.
Cultivating The Strategy Of Summarizing Sequential Expository Text: Scaffolds And Supports For The Intermediate Grades, Jennifer M. Green, Jennifer Holman
Cultivating The Strategy Of Summarizing Sequential Expository Text: Scaffolds And Supports For The Intermediate Grades, Jennifer M. Green, Jennifer Holman
Literacy Practice and Research
Fourth-grade students in the United States have notoriously experienced a fourth-grade slump in reading. This persistent trend has led researchers, school leaders, and teachers to seek ways to improve comprehension of expository text. Summarizing is a complex strategy that requires students to analyze, condense, and express information in their own words. This action research project explored the impact of three techniques (cloze summaries, graphic organizers, and paraphrasing) on students’ ability to summarize sequential text in writing. Explicit instruction led to marked growth in students’ ability to write summaries of expository text.