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DETAILS ABOUT THIS BOOK: Description Contents Author Bio Foreword Prologue BROWSE by Author by Subject by Title Professional Books Introduction COURSE ADOPTION Exam/Desk copy OTHER Permissions Submissions Exhibit Schedule Sales Representatives CHILDREN'S BOOKS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT	ArmchairEd course available click	In this book from New Zealand , Dr. Stuart McNaughton examines how to teach early literacy to culturally and linguistically diverse students in standard classrooms. McNaughton's goal is a meeting of minds between children and their teachers. His practical framework for excellence in the classroom systematically explains how this can be achieved. 2002 pb 236 pages Item# 540 ISBN: 0-478-24741-9 $25.00 [Add to Cart] View Cart


TOP Contents Author Bio Foreword Prologue	Description 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 be best met by consciously setting out to improve literacy teaching in mainstream classrooms. Starting from a theoretical model of literacy development, Stuart McNaughton remains firmly grounded in classroom realities. His goal is a meeting of minds between children and their teachers. His practical framework for excellence in the classroom systematically explains how this can be achieved. Drawing on extensive research that synthesizes the insights, perspectives, and findings from international studies, this comprehensive work is a valuable resource for students of education and developmental psychology, graduates, classroom teachers, literacy experts and academics, and other professionals from across the educational community.
TOP Description Author Bio Foreword Prologue	Table of Contents: Acknowledgments Foreword Prologue: Getting at the Problem Part One: Introduction Chapter 1: Setting the Scene for a Meeting of Minds Part Two: Making Connections by Building on the Familiar Chapter 2: The Meeting Ground – Curriculum and Classroom Activities Chapter 3: Strategies for Incorporating the Familiar Chapter 4: Getting a Balance – Incorporation and Phonics Chapter 5: Being an Expert Part Three: Unlocking the Unfamiliar Chapter 6: Creating a Shared Understanding Chapter 7: Strategies for Developing Shared Awareness Chapter 8: Awareness and Reading Comprehension Chapter 9: More on Being an Expert Part Four: Great Expectations Chapter 10: Efficacy and Excellence in Acquiring Literacy References Index
TOP Description Contents Author Bio Foreword Prologue	Author Bio: Dr. Stuart McNaughton is a Professor of Education and the Director of the Woolf Fisher Research Centre at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. His research and teaching interests are in developmental and educational psychology, focusing on the development of languages and literacy, and processes of education, socialization and culture. Publications include books on reading and emergent literacy and papers on aspects of teaching, learning and development in family and school settings.