An Integrated Language Perspective in the Elementary School: An Action Approach (3rd Edition) - Softcover

Pappas, Christine C.; Kiefer, Barbara Z.; Levstik, Linda S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0801330556 ISBN 13: 9780801330551

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, 1998

Synopsis

Like the first two editions, the new, updated third edition of An Integrated Language Perspective is the practical handbook every teacher needs to bring the reflective inquiry emphasis of integrated curriculum theory to life in the elementary and middle school classroom! New to this Edition: An end-of-book Guide to Teacher Inquiry shows teachers - and student teachers - how to use their own classrooms as learning settings for themselves as well as for their students. Among the other features new to this edition are sections on teaching phonics and grammar in context and on how to critically examine the values embedded in language.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

This groundbreaking resource was the first in its field to present practical, research-based guidance on creating integrated curriculum. It has been updated to reflect cutting-edge perspectives in literacy and language arts instruction.

WEBS, the hallmark feature of An Integrated Language Perspective in the Elementary School, enable readers to easily incorporate integrated units in the classroom. The fourth edition continues to offer practical and critical curriculum paradigms, and clearly shows the reciprocal relationship between assessment and instruction. Perfect for both pre-service and in-service K–8 teachers for its accessibility, the book is solidly grounded in cognitive, linguistic, and curriculum theory, but also does an excellent job of examining what goes on in the classroom minute-by-minute, day-by-day.

Reviewers rave. . .

One major strength of this book is its approach to literacy education integrating reading and writing instruction using thematic units.
—Diane Beals, University of Tulsa

The prototypes are exemplary in that they emphasize the true interdisciplinary nature of carefully thought-out unit goals and objectives.
Lillian McEnery, University of Houston

Bravo! We need to begin preparing teachers to think like researchers even before they enter their classrooms. . . . It definitely does things other texts do not: it focuses on integrative teaching.
Patricia Wheeler, Indiana State University

About this edition

• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0801330556
• ISBN 13: 9780801330551
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 384