The International Society for Language Studies (ISLS) inaugurates its first volume in the series Readings in Language Studies with Language Across Disciplinary Boundaries, a text that represents international perspectives on language and identity, critical pedagogy, language and power, perspectives on second language acquisition and teacher education. Founded in 2002, ISLS is a world-wide organization of volunteers, scholars and practitioners committed to critical, interdisciplinary, and emergent approaches to language studies. "There is no question that this volume is a valuable and timely addition to the literature on this very important topic, and one for which scholars concerned with issues of language, language education, and language and social justice should be grateful." Timothy Reagan Professor of Education Central Connecticut State University "This volume marks a valuable contribution and step forward in linguistic studies that purposefully embrace critical perspectives through theory, methodology, and findings." Lisa Patel Stevens President, International Society for Language Studies Assistant Professor of Education Boston College "The International Society for Language Studies is increasingly recognized at the forefront of encouraging research on language and power. This book is an exciting step forward in that mission, with selections that reflect the wide range of important issues needing attention from scholars. The contributions are impressive, merging scholarly rigor with a concern for social justice." Terry A. Osborn Professor and Chair of Curriculum and Teaching Fordham University Graduate School of Education

Readings in Language Studies, Volume 1: Language Across Disciplinary Boundaries

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The International Society for Language Studies (ISLS) inaugurates its first volume in the series Readings in Language Studies with Language Across Disciplinary Boundaries, a text that represents international perspectives on language and identity, critical pedagogy, language and power, perspectives on second language acquisition and teacher education. Founded in 2002, ISLS is a world-wide organization of volunteers, scholars and practitioners committed to critical, interdisciplinary, and emergent approaches to language studies. "There is no question that this volume is a valuable and timely addition to the literature on this very important topic, and one for which scholars concerned with issues of language, language education, and language and social justice should be grateful." Timothy Reagan Professor of Education Central Connecticut State University "This volume marks a valuable contribution and step forward in linguistic studies that purposefully embrace critical perspectives through theory, methodology, and findings." Lisa Patel Stevens President, International Society for Language Studies Assistant Professor of Education Boston College "The International Society for Language Studies is increasingly recognized at the forefront of encouraging research on language and power. This book is an exciting step forward in that mission, with selections that reflect the wide range of important issues needing attention from scholars. The contributions are impressive, merging scholarly rigor with a concern for social justice." Terry A. Osborn Professor and Chair of Curriculum and Teaching Fordham University Graduate School of Education

Teaching Shakespeare with Film and Television

Literature & Fiction

Coursen, H. R.

Greenwood, John Ed.

Dramas & Plays

While the grading of student writing is of central concern to composition studies and to teaching, the process has not been clearly defined. The act of assigning a grade raises such issues as how teachers read student writing, whether form and content are of equal concern, what the purpose of grading is, and whether grading should take place at all. The vagueness of grading points to the complexity of the topic, which encompasses such matters as student peer review, psychometrics, student-teacher conferences, portfolios, collaborative learning, and English-as-a-Second-Language. Because of the centrality of grading and its complexity, the topic has generated a large body of literature. This reference book is a helpful guide to the vast and sometimes bewildering body of research on the grading of student writing. The volume includes entries for more than 1300 books and articles on grading published between 1970 and 1996. Each entry includes an annotation that summarizes the work and its importance. The entries are grouped in several broad chapters, with most chapters containing numerous subsections. Thus the book covers such topics as holistic grading, portfolio assessment, collaborative approaches to assessment, essay tests, creative writing, whole language, standardized tests, and student progress. The entries are arranged alphabetically within each subsection, and the author and subject indexes allow the user to access information quickly.

Grading Student Writing

Speck, Bruce W.

Catalogs & Directories

Japanese and American Education: Attitudes and Practices

Under the present educational centralization Japanese secondary school teachers are severely handicapped in carrying out the goals of cultivating a spontaneous spirit and creating a culture rich in individuality. Although Japanese nursery, kindergarten, and elementary teachers could provide many hints to improve the methodology of their American counterparts, the reverse is true at the secondary and college levels. American teachers try to encourage students to be creative in approaching a problem, writing an essay, and sketching an object, and they will suggest appropriate courses, recommend books, and encourage intellectual challenge, while Japanese secondary school teachers' goal is narrowly focused on presenting designated textual material in as efficient a manner as possible. In the United States, farmers constitute less than ten percent of the population, but American schools still operate as if students had to return home each day for chores, or as if the summer vacation and fall schedule had to be used to help parents with planting, cultivating, and harvesting crops. Today, most American mothers work full time and children have much more free time and live in less secure urban environments. The amount of time spent attending school in Japan and the United States is just one of the cultural attitudes that is examined in this book.

Education & Teaching

Wray, Harry

Schools & Teaching

CONTENTS: Series Introduction, Michael Lissack and Kurt Richardson. Volume Introduction, Kurt Richardson. SECTION

Managing Organizational Complexity: Philosophy, Theory and Application (I.S.C.E. Book Series--Managing the Complex)

Business & Money

Kurt Richardson

Management & Leadership

A Volume in Research on Sociocultural Influences on Motivation and Learning
 Series Editors: Dennis M. McInerney, University of Western Sydney, SELF Research Centre and Shawn Van Etten, SUNY Cortland 
Students arrive in our classrooms with complex sociocultural histories that include family, cultural, physical, social, emotional, and prior learning experiences. In order to be effective, schools must directly address these complex histories in meaningful, relevant and creative ways. The aim of this volume is to examine research on effective schooling from a sociocultural perspective - with a focus on developing the capacities of diverse students in diverse educational contexts.

Effective Schools (Hc) (Research on Sociocultural Influences on Motivation and Learn)

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Second Handbook of Research on Mathematics Teaching and Learning: A Project of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Volume 1

Second Handbook of Research on Mathematics Teaching and Learning

Science & Math

Mathematics

Format Hardcover Subject Education Publisher Charlotte NC Information Age Pub c2007

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Readings in Language Studies, Volume 1: Language Across Disciplinary Boundaries

Readings in Language Studies, Volume 1: Language Across Disciplinary Boundaries

Teaching Shakespeare with Film and Television

Grading Student Writing

Japanese and American Education: Attitudes and Practices

Managing Organizational Complexity: Philosophy, Theory and Application (I.S.C.E. Book Series--Managing the Complex)

Effective Schools (Hc) (Research on Sociocultural Influences on Motivation and Learn)

Second Handbook of Research on Mathematics Teaching and Learning

Second Handbook of Research on Mathematics Teaching and Learning

Second Handbook of Research on Mathematics Teaching and Learning