Teaching the dimensions of literacy
By: Stephen B. Kucer, Cecilia Silva.
Contributors: Silva, Cecilia.
Publisher: L. Erlbaum Associates
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Mahwah, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 406
Subjects: Language arts; Reading; English language -- Composition and exercises -- Study and teaching; Literacy
Description: "Teaching the Dimensions of Literacy provides the conceptual knowledge to support teachers' instructional decisions in the reading/literacy classroom, and features a multitude of instructional strategy lessons for classroom use with both monolingual and bilingual students. Its premise is that literacy comprises four dimensions: linguistic, cognitive, sociocultural, and developmental. In the debate over literacy instruction, and in many reading/literacy methods texts, one dimension tends to be privileged and the others ignored. In this text, the teaching and learning of all four dimensions of literacy are acknowledged and addressed. The four dimensions provide a coherent conceptual framework within which instructional strategy lessons are identified, synthesized, organized, and presented - demonstrating how the complex nature of literacy can be addressed within a classroom setting."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-385) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The multiple dimensions of reading and writing; title: The developmental dimension and instruction; title: Teaching the linguistic dimension of literacy; title: Teaching the cognitive dimension of literacy; title: Teaching the sociocultural dimension of literacy; title: A dimensional literacy curriculum.