Literacy for the 21st Century: Balancing Reading and Writing Instruction - Softcover

Tompkins, Gail; Rodgers, Emily; Rodgers, Adrian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0136799574 ISBN 13: 9780136799573

Verlag: Pearson, 2021

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Literacy for the 21st Century provides the balance of theory and application that teachers need to be successful in the classroom. It covers fundamental literacy components, illustrates how to teach skills and strategies, supports digital teaching and learning, and identifies how to differentiate instruction to meet the diverse needs of students.

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Gail E. Tompkins was Professor Emerita at California State University, Fresno. She also worked with teachers in their kindergarten through 8th grade classrooms and led staff-development programs on reading and writing. Dr. Tompkins was inducted into the California Reading Associations Reading Hall of Fame in recognition of her accomplishments in the field of reading, and she's received the prestigious Provosts award for Excellence in Teaching at California State University, Fresno. Dr. Tompkins authored 6 other books published by Pearson: Language Arts: Patterns of Practice, Language Arts Essentials, Teaching Writing: Balancing Process and Product, 50 Literacy Strategies, and two grade-specific versions of this text: Literacy in the Early Grades: A Successful Start for PreK-4 Readers and Writers and Literacy in the Middle Grades: Teaching Reading and Writing to Fourth Through Eighth Graders. Dr. Tompkins has also worked with kindergarten through college-level writing teachers at National Writing Project sites in California and Oklahoma.

Emily Rodgers is a Professor of Reading and Literacy in Early and Middle Childhood at The Ohio State University. After a nearly 10-year career teaching students from 2nd to 8th grade, Emily decided to pursue a PhD to better understand reading and literacy development. Now, she mentors graduate students, teaches courses in early literacy and codirects the Ramseyer Reading Lab at OSU. She is an active researcher, author and coauthor of articles and books focused on scaffolding early literacy instruction and teacher education. Currently, she is codirecting an $8 million Education Innovation and Research grant called HEROES, a literacy professional development initiative for special education teachers working with beginning readers.

Adrian Rodgers is a former high school English teacher and is now an Associate Professor at The Ohio State University. His research areas are literacy and teacher education for preservice and in-service teachers. He teaches early and middle childhood literacy and teacher preparation courses and advises graduate students who are primarily educators working on their masters or doctoral degrees in literacy. Most recently, Adrian has focused on international contexts, especially Indonesia. He has published in journals such as Teaching and Teacher Education, coauthored several books and serves as a reviewer for The Reading Teacher.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Pearson
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
• ISBN 10: 0136799574
• ISBN 13: 9780136799573
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch