Ageist attitudes permeate society, are readily transmitted, and are perpetuated from generation to generation. These attitudes are a prejudice against our future selves. Research has consistently shown that children as young as preschool evidence ageist attitudes, these attitudes become more negative as the child grows older and tend to become…

This article discusses how to implement paired reading with developing readers to foster students' fluency and reading comprehension. The teacher first helps students comprehend the story with focused discussion questions and the completion of a beginning, middle, and end (B-M-E) chart. Then, the teacher scaffolds students to do the oral reading…

This article offers a contextual analysis of contemporary immigration issues impacting the institutions in the United States, in particular the school. It discusses the importance of addressing this theme in the classroom and presents its curricular value in the elementary and middle school social studies and interdisciplinary curricula. Using a…

In this article, the authors discuss and share a collection of books, for teachers and children to read together, that focus on themes of peace and social justice. This article is written as a kind of textual professional development session in which teachers and pre-service teachers might participate from their own place and context. The first…

Presented here are references to books, chapters, and peer-reviewed journal articles that provide evidence for improved student outcomes through inclusive education in elementary and middle schools (K-8th grades). Not included here are the broad evidence bases for each feature in the SWIFT framework.

An emphasis on diversity is one of the greatest challenges in my teaching. Everyone, myself included, enters the course with a set of expectations for human behavior, and literature can be very disruptive of these expectations. International literature, for example, often disrupts the narrative expectations of readers who were trained by stories…

Providing practical guidance and resources, this book helps teachers harness the power of children's literature for developing ELLs' literacy skills and language proficiency. The authors show how carefully selected fiction, nonfiction, and poetry can support students' learning across the curriculum. Criteria and guiding questions are presented for…

As multicultural education is becoming integral to the core curriculum, teachers often implement this aspect into their courses through literature. However, standards and criteria to teach and promote active discussion about this literature are sparse. This book introduces pre-service and experienced teachers to the use of literature to promote…

This annotated bibliography attempts to expand the meaning of sexuality to include not only conception and intercourse, but concepts such as feelings, friendships, and relationships. The books listed can be read to preschool youngsters or elementary school children, although teenagers might find several of them informative. The books are…

Discusses the importance of career awareness activities for elementary school students and presents a bibliography of 146 books classified according to career categories and age level. Four strategies for using the bibliography are described. (JAC)

This resource list on preventing alcohol and other drug problems among elementary school children was compiled by the Office for Substance Abuse Prevention (OSAP). The main emphasis is helping educators and parents of children between the ages of 4 and 12 teach the no-use message. Using these resources, teachers, health educators, and community…

This document presents an annotated bibliography of research and general articles on counseling gifted students in elementary and middle schools. Eight research articles are included which examine, respectively, intelligence scores of gifted students, academic and social self-concepts, family characteristics, underachievement, peer relations,…

Notes the importance of publishing student writing beyond the classroom. Offers an annotated bibliography and a chart of 36 student magazines at various grade levels that publish student writing on a variety of topics. (SR)

The annotated bibliography on educational programs for talented and gifted children and adolescents contains approximately 80 abstracts and associated indexing information for documents, published from 1961 through 1973, which have been selected from the computer file of the Information Center of the Council for Exceptional Children. It is…

Presents annotated bibliography of 17 books and 16 journal articles on cross-cultural counseling and the issues related to various ethnic and racial groups targeted to elementary and middle school counselors. (ABL)