Literacy achievement and diversity
Subtitle: keys to success for students, teachers, and schools
By: Kathryn H. Au
Series: Multicultural education series
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 174
ISBN-13: 9780807752067; 9780807752074
Subjects: Multicultural education; School improvement programs; Language arts; Literacy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Schooling, literacy, and cultural diversity in research and personal experience; title: Social constructivism and the school literacy learning of students of diverse backgrounds; title: Culturally responsive instruction: application to multiethnic classrooms; title: Rising standards for literacy; title: If can, can: Hawaii Creole English and reading achievement; title: Ownership, literacy achievement, and students of diverse cultural backgrounds; title: Balanced literacy instruction: implications for students of diverse backgrounds; title: Negotiating the slippery slope: school change and literacy achievement.