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Smyth, Theoni Soublis; Hansen, Angela – English Journal, 2010
Collaboration and the appreciation for multiple perspectives have become increasingly important. The current political and economic condition in the United States and globally has exemplified the urgency for people of many different backgrounds and ideologies to work together to find solutions to world problems such as climate change and economic…
Descriptors: Group Activities, Language Arts, Literary Genres, Interpretive Skills
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DeCosta, Meredith; Clifton, Jennifer; Roen, Duane – English Journal, 2010
English language arts classrooms are especially rich sites for both explicit and implicit collaborations among those who inhabit those spaces. In these venues, Bakhtinian "heteroglot voices" (Bakhtin 278) saturate the oral and written discourse that students produce as they engage in discussions and as they write in a wide variety of genres,…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Interaction, English Instruction, Language Arts
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Scheuerman, Richard; Gritter, Kristine; Schuster, Carrie Jim; Fisher, Gordon – English Journal, 2010
Place-based literacy learning is hardly an innovation in education and need not revolve around Native American legends. The objective of place-based literacy learning is to use local literacy artifacts to facilitate critical thinking about cultural, political-economic, and environmental connections to promote community sustainability by relating…
Descriptors: Language Arts, American Indians, Educational Innovation, Literacy