Full Description
This edited volume includes chapters covering multiple areas of literacy education: inclusive education, early childhood education, elementary education, middle grades education, and emergent literacy across groups. The purpose of this edited volume is to provide educators and graduate students/scholars in the field of education with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to facilitate student success.
Contents
Preface
Megan Adams, Kate Zimmer, and Sanjuana Rodriguez
Part I: Culturally Relevant Pedagogy and Students with Exceptionalities
1. Enhancing Social Development for Preschool Students with Autism: A Teacher's Guide
Kate Zimmer
2. Mathematics Problem-Solving in Context: Improving Comprehension for Students with Mathematics Difficulty
Melissa Driver
3. Literacy & The Gifted
Joanna Simpson
Part II: Culturally Relevant Pedagogy and Marginalized Students
4. Culturally Responsible Teaching: An Example and Lessons Learned
Megan Adams
5. Strategies for Supporting Emergent Bilingual Students
Sanjuana Rodriguez
6. Culturally Relevant Teaching: The Impact of Beliefs on Practices
Natasha Thornton
Part III: Bridging Literacy and the Community
7. Summer Bridge Programs to Encourage Literacy Success for All Children
Megan Adams, Kate Zimmer, & Sanjuana Rodriguez
About the Editors
About the Contributors
Index
