Here's the story
Subtitle: using narrative to promote young children's language and literacy learning
By: edited by Daniel Meier.
Contributors: Meier, Daniel R.
Publisher: Teachers College, Columbia University; Teachers College Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 169
ISBN-13: 9780807749791; 9780807749807
Subjects: Language arts (Early childhood); Storytelling; Children -- Books and reading
Description: Examines teacher quality, work norms, and professional learning opportunities using data from 47 countries around the globe, specifically comparing and contrasting the United States with two high-achieving countries, Japan and Australia, that have implemented very different approaches to improving teacher quality. Aust content.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: From zero to three: the value of stories for young children's language learning / Erica Almaguer and Gena Wilson; title: Using story drama with young preschoolers / Todd Wanerman; title: The superhero project: language, stories, and critical thinking / Patricia Sullivan; title: Telling stories and learning to tell stories: lessons from a professional storyteller / Nadia Jaboneta; title: Using social stories as springboards to literacy for toddlers / Kim Hughes; title: Pictures in our lives: using wordless picture books with new language learners / Nathan Weber; title: Personal stories as a home-school link in a bilingual kindergarten / Lori Oldham; title: The book after a book project: aspects of teaching English as a foreign language / Inas Deeb and Valerie Jakar; title: "Once upon a time there was a; title: ": forms and functions of story dictation in preschool / Jeff Daitsman; title: The art and artistry of Nina Crews: children's books as springboards to dictation / Daniel Meier; title: Magic and imagination in children's picture books: an interview with Elisa Kleven / as told to Daniel Meier; title: When is a story a story?: the fragmentation of story in a first-grade classroom / Rebecca Akin.