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- A much needed resource on English Learners, an undeserved population in U.S. schools
- Discusses the controversial and challenging topic of reading and literacy instruction policies and mandates
- Offers a rare insight into the impact of policies on both learners and teachers
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Education (BRIEFSEDUCAT)
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Keywords
- ELLs English Language Learners
- Educators Advocating for Students
- Language Policy
- Literacy learning
- Literacy teaching
- OCR Skill and Strategy Instruction Predominated
- Postructural Perspectives on Agency
- Standardized testing
- Stnadardized instruction
- Teacher agency and Educational Policy
- Teacher development
- Teacher-centered pedagogy
- Top-down literacty initiatives
Authors and Affiliations
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, Department of Education, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, USA
Lucinda Pease-Alvarez
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, K-8 Teacher Education, San José State University, San José, USA
Katharine Davies Samway
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Teachers of English Learners Negotiating Authoritarian Policies
Authors: Lucinda Pease-Alvarez, Katharine Davies Samway
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-3946-8
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-3945-1Published: 09 February 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-3946-8Published: 07 February 2012
Series ISSN: 2211-1921
Series E-ISSN: 2211-193X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 71
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: Language Education, Educational Policy and Politics, Teaching and Teacher Education