The Handbook of Research on Teaching Literacy Through the Communicative and Visual Arts, a comprehensive overview of research on this topic, extends conceptualizations of literacy to include all of the communicative arts (reading, writing, speaking, listening, viewing) and the visual arts of drama, dance, film, art, video, and computer technology.
In P. Reason & H. Bradbury (Eds.), Handbook of action research: Participative inquiry and practice (pp. 1–26). London: Sage. Reason, P., & Heron, J. (1986). Research with people: The paradigm of co-operative experiential inquiry.
In an era characterized by the rapid evolution of the concept of literacy, this handbook focuses on multiple ways in which learners gain access to knowledge and skills.
The first comprehensive research handbook of its kind, this volume showcases innovative approaches to understanding adolescent literacy learning in a variety of settings.
Accessible and hands-on yet grounded in research, this book addresses the "whats," "whys," and "how-tos" of integrating literacy instruction and the arts in grades K-8.
Basho and the fox. New York: Marshall Cavendish Children's Books. Myers, T. (2004). Basho and the river stones. New York: Marshall Cavendish Children's Books. Spivak, D. (1997). Grass sandals: The travels of Basho. New York: Atheneum.
Co-Sponsored by the International Reading Association and the National Council of Teachers of English Diane Lapp, ... Retrieved January 2, 2010, from http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-107publ110/pdf/PLAW-107publ110.pdf Pearson, ...
Teacher efficacy in writing: A construct validation with primary grade teachers. ... International Journal of Educational Research, 13, 439–454. ... Exploring literacy teachers' self efficacy beliefs: Potential sources at play.
The arts for the purpose of this volume include five art forms: Dance, Drama, Media Arts, Music and Visual Arts. The book provides a more productive exploration of the arts-literacy relationship.
The book and DVD explain how any teacher can successfully use this process to enable all students, particularly low performers, to make dramatic gains in both reading and writing.
These words all emerge out of a complex interplay between ourselves and the world in which we find ourselves, ... their everyday lives – is integral to an understanding of what people are doing when they tell stories to one another.