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Mel Green – Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 2022
There is unequivocal evidence that student engagement in reading for enjoyment has many wide-ranging and long-term benefits. Yet, obstacles are mounting in terms of complexities, constraints and contentions. In light of growing concerns around students' reading attainment and the place of contemporary children's literature, as well as the imminent…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Curriculum Development, Literature Appreciation, Childrens Literature
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Mary Juzwik; Rebecca Witte; Kevin Burke; Esther Prins – Reading Research Quarterly, 2025
If the White Christian nationalist movement has significantly galvanized parent, community, and larger-scale political groups whose guiding ethos challenges teacher professional roles in shaping literacy curriculum and instruction, then how can literacy teachers and teacher educators better understand this movement, its interpretive orientation to…
Descriptors: Whites, Christianity, Nationalism, Biblical Literature
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Lim, Jia Wei – Literacy, 2020
This article is based on the premise that mandated reading in literature classrooms may be perceived as an imposition and disliked by students. Attempts to address that scenario have suggested that text selection should be given more consideration to promote reading engagement, particularly by choosing texts which are familiar to the lifeworlds of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reader Response, Reading Material Selection, Literature Appreciation
Jenkins, Henry, Ed.; Kelley, Wyn, Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2013
Building on the groundbreaking research of the MacArthur Foundation's Digital Media & Learning initiative, this book crosses the divide between digital literacies and traditional print culture to engage a generation of students who can read with a book in one hand and a mouse in the other. "Reading in a Participatory Culture" tells the story of an…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, English Curriculum, Secondary School Curriculum, Language Arts
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Nguyen; Phuong, Thi Lan – African Educational Research Journal, 2017
Using the BEAR assessment system, the author set up a hypothetical reading competence (RC) developmental continuum and sketched the RC assessment standards, established RC measurement tasks, and described outputs. The author collected real RC evidence based on the cross-sectional study models, then adjusted the developmental continuum and RC…
Descriptors: Standards, Benchmarking, Reading Instruction, Vietnamese People
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Kierstin H. Thompson – English Journal, 2014
In this article, the author shares interview data showcasing teacher expertise and calls for more focused professional development in reading and discussing literature.
Descriptors: High School Students, High School Teachers, Professional Development, Reading
Li, Jun – College Board, 2012
The purpose of this literature review is to identify the most effective instructional principles for English language learners (ELLs) as documented by prominent researchers in the field and existing research reviews. This report is intended as a high-level synthesis of existing reviews of the literature rather than a comprehensive search and…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness, Literature Reviews
Thomas, Barbara Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to discover and compare perceptions of three different groups of Indiana elementary educators concerning the importance of areas of the principal's literacy knowledge base, as well as responsibility for and use of this knowledge by principals to adequately support effective research-based literacy instruction. The…
Descriptors: State Standards, Change Agents, Specialists, Literacy
Restrepo, Jane Simi – 1988
Carried out as the practicum of a doctoral program in early and middle childhood education, this report describes the development of a children's literature program for a middle school in a lower middle-class neighborhood in Florida where reading scores were below district and national norms, and where a literature anthology of condensed books or…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Childrens Literature, Curriculum Development, Grade 7
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Reading Teacher, 2001
Presents annotations of 30 books selected through a field test in the United States of over 300 newly published books submitted by North American trade book publishers. Groups the books into 10 Primary (K-2, ages 5-8), 10 Intermediate (Grades 3-5, ages 8-11), and 10 Advanced (Grades 6-8, ages 11-14) levels. (SG)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Annotated Bibliographies, Childrens Literature, Curriculum Development
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1987
Intended for teachers, administrators, consultants, parents and students who wish to review and improve elementary and secondary educational programs, this handbook provides essays discussing educational research, teaching philosophies and methods, instructional materials, and curriculum planning strategies in relation to the teaching of…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Class Activities, Curriculum Development, Educational Media
Shelby, Marian – Engl J, 1969
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation, English Curriculum, English Instruction
Kosinski, Leonard V., Ed. – 1968
Readings in this book have been selected to show how creativity and imagination can be the central focus in a literature and language arts curriculum for the elementary grades. Selections are divided into four parts, each with a different emphasis. Part 1 contains three articles which trace the development of imaginative literature and stress the…
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Classroom Communication, Creativity
Olson, Nancy L. Galles – 1983
Noting the general agreement among reading authorities that one of the most effective methods of encouraging children to read comes from exposing them to children's literature and related activities, this paper presents an extensive literature review of materials dealing with the subject. Following an introductory section that details the goals…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Childrens Literature, Curriculum Development, Educational Research
Cullinan, Bernice E., Ed. – 1987
Intended to help teachers decide which books to start with when incorporating children's literature into the reading program and to show them how to use these books with a variety of readers, this book provides a rationale and guidance for using "real books" to teach reading. Titles and authors of the articles included are as follows: (1)…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Beginning Reading, Books, Characterization
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