Meeting of Minds
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by Dr Stuart McNaughton, Professor of Education at Auckland University
Meeting of Minds explores and explains effective literacy learning for culturally and linguistically diverse children in their early years of school. It looks at how the needs of children can best be met by consciously setting out to improve literacy teaching in mainstream classrooms.
Part 1: Setting the Scene for a Meeting of Minds
Introduces Dr McNaughton's research and theoretical base and the underlying model of emergent literacy
Part 2: Making Connections by Building on the Familiar
Looks at making connections for the reader by building on familiar concepts and experiences
Part 3: Unlocking the Unfamiliar
Outlines the process of unlocking the unfamiliar by developing shared understandings between the teacher and student
Part 4: Great Expectations
Explores the other features of classrooms that contribute to effective teaching and learning, particularly, the role of expectations and a sense of efficacy for both teacher and learner
From the foreword by Dame Marie Clay
"This is readable book about our current need to teach children from diverse language and cultural backgrounds more effectively. Stuart McNaughton leads us into issues which will require a 'meeting of minds' if we are to understand where new practical solutions might be found."
Meeting of Minds explores and explains effective literacy learning for culturally and linguistically diverse children in their early years of school. It looks at how the needs of children can best be met by consciously setting out to improve literacy teaching in mainstream classrooms.
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24741 |
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0478247419 | |
| Author: | Stuart McNaughton | |
| Number of pages: | 233 |
Part 1: Setting the Scene for a Meeting of Minds
Introduces Dr McNaughton's research and theoretical base and the underlying model of emergent literacy
Part 2: Making Connections by Building on the Familiar
Looks at making connections for the reader by building on familiar concepts and experiences
Part 3: Unlocking the Unfamiliar
Outlines the process of unlocking the unfamiliar by developing shared understandings between the teacher and student
Part 4: Great Expectations
Explores the other features of classrooms that contribute to effective teaching and learning, particularly, the role of expectations and a sense of efficacy for both teacher and learner
From the foreword by Dame Marie Clay
"This is readable book about our current need to teach children from diverse language and cultural backgrounds more effectively. Stuart McNaughton leads us into issues which will require a 'meeting of minds' if we are to understand where new practical solutions might be found."
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