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Literacy Research Methodologies. Third Edition
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Mallette, Marla H., Ed.; Duke, Nell K., Ed. – Guilford Press, 2020
Different research methods can yield unique insights into literacy learning and teaching--and, used synergistically, can work together to move the field forward. Now revised and updated with 50% new material, this definitive text presents widely used methods and provides students and researchers with a clear understanding of when, how, and why…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Teaching Methods, Case Studies, Learning Processes
The Transformation of Learning: Advances in Cultural-Historical Activity Theory
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van Oers, Bert, Ed.; Wardekker, Wim, Ed.; Elbers, Ed, Ed.; van der Veer, Rene, Ed. – Cambridge University Press, 2010
Learning is a changing phenomenon, depending on the advances in theory and research. This book presents a relatively new approach to learning, based on meaningful human activities in cultural practices and in collaboration with others. It draws extensively from the ideas of Lev Vygotsky and his recent followers. The book presents ideas that…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Play, Informal Education, Distance Education
Communicating Racism: Ethnic Prejudice in Thought and Talk.
Van Dijk, Teun A. – 1987
This book analyses how racism is reproduced through everyday talk and how ethnic prejudices become shared and may form the cognitive basis of ethnic or racial discrimination in intergroup interaction. The study, based on interviews conducted in California and Amsterdam, focuses on how ethnic attitudes expressed in discourse exhibit sociocultural,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Cross Cultural Studies, Discourse Analysis, Ethnic Groups
Cognitive Perspectives on Peer Learning. Rutgers Invitational Symposium on Education.
O'Donnell, Angela M., Ed.; King, Alison, Ed. – 1999
Considerable attention has been given recently to how children educate each other and how to maximize the cognitive benefits of peer learning. Based on papers presented at a 1996 symposium on Cognitive Skills and Learning with Peers, this book focuses on peer learning. Part 1 presents implications of Piaget's and Vygotsky's theories. Part 2…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Constructivism (Learning), Cooperative Learning, Discourse Analysis
Language Transfer in Language Learning. Language Acquisition & Language Disorders 5.
Gass, Susan M., Ed.; Selinker, Larry, Ed. – 1993
The study of native language influence in Second Language Acquisition has undergone significant changes over the past few decades. This book, which includes 12 chapters by distinguished researchers in the field of second language acquisition, traces the conceptual history of language transfer from its early role within a Contrastive Analysis…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Discourse Analysis, English, Form Classes (Languages)
Collected Papers in Teaching English as a Second Language and Bilingual Education: Themes, Practices, Viewpoints.
Light, Richard L., Ed.; Osman, Alice H., Ed. – 1978
This volume contains the following papers: (1) "Linguistics, TESOL, and Bilingual Education: An Overview," by J.E. Alatis; (2) "TESOL: Meeting a Social Need," by M. Galvan; (3) "Bilingual Education, TESL, and Ethnicity in New York State," by E.B. Nyquist; (4) "Control, Initiative, and the Whole Learner," by…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Classroom Communication
Action Learning: Images and Pathways. Professional Practices in Adult Education and Lifelong Learning Series.
Dilworth, Robert L.; Willis, Verna J. – 2003
This book provides information and strategies on how adult educators can integrate action learning concepts in their teaching practice. The book defines action learning as going beyond the traditional idea of "learn by doing" and applies it to various organizational cultures and educational contexts. Chapter 1 introduces the origins of action…
Descriptors: Action Research, Active Learning, Adult Development, Adult Education