Title: Teaching science to English language learners : building on students' strengths /
Authors: Rosebery, Ann S.; Warren, Beth.
Publisher: NSTA, National Science Teachers Association,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Science Study and teaching Foreign speakers.; Limited English-proficient students Education.
Abstract: Though its primary goal is to serve as an introduction to the research on this important subject, Teaching Science to English Language Learners combines that research with classroom case studies and the perspectives of master teachers. Further, chapter authors strive to support your efforts to use diversity as a resource--rather than as an obstacle--in the science classroom.
Contents: Essay : creating a foundation through student conversation / Ann S. Rosebery and Cynthia Ballenger -- A teacher's perspective : science talks / Mary Rizzuto -- Essay : using students' conversational styles / Josiane Hudicourt-Barnes and Cynthia Ballenger -- Essay : encouraging students' imagination / Mark S. Ogonowski -- Essay : using everyday experience to teach science / Beth Warren and Ann S. Rosebery -- A teacher's perspective : using students' experience to understand science / Renote Jean-François -- Essay : what is academic language? / James Paul Gee -- Essay : what is the vocabulary of science? / Catherine Snow -- Case study : vocabulary / Beth Warren -- Essay : what is culture? / Norma González -- Case study : using students' cultural resources in teaching / Cathy Amanti, Norma González, and Luis Moll -- A teacher's perspective : what is culture? / Ana Vaisenstein -- Essay : learning a second language / Ellen Bialystok -- Case study : using two languages to learn science / Cynthia Ballenger -- A teacher's perspective : learning a second language / Ana Vaisenstein -- Essay : programs for teaching English language learners / Fred Genesee and Donna Christian -- A teacher's perspective : programs for teaching English language learners / Mary Rizzuto -- Essay : creating culturally responsive learning communities / Eugene E. García and Okhee Lee -- A teacher's perspective : creating culturally responsive learning communities / Ana Vaisenstein -- Essay : what is equity in science education? / Walter G. Secada -- A teacher's perspective : what is equity in science education? / Mary Rizzuto -- Conclusion : reconceptualizing diversity in the science classroom / Beth Warren and Ann S. Rosebery.