Writing for a change : boosting literacy and learning through social action /
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| Language: | English |
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San Francisco :
Jossey-Bass, a Wiley imprint,
[2006]
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Jossey-Bass teacher.
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| Online Access: | Table of contents only |
Table of Contents:
- One: exploring student-driven learning and literacy through social action
- Part one: Social action in practice
- Two: Power play / Paula Laub
- Three: lending student voice to curriculum planning / Dietta Poston Hitchcock
- Four: Tthe story of the youth dreamers : in their own words / Mildred Harris, Chantel Morant, Shanta Crippen, Chris Lawson, Chekana Reid, Cierra Cary, Tiffani Young-Smith
- Five: Reflections on the youth dreamers / Kristina Berdan
- Six: Community action in a summer writing institute / Chinwe "La Tanya" Obijiofor
- Seven: Changing our world / Lori Farias, critics of society class
- Eight: Poetry and power in the creative writing workshop / Maggie Folkers
- Nine: Shall we dance? / Connie Ellard Bunch
- Ten: The march on John Philip Sousa / Elizabeth A. Davis
- Eleven: Social action and parent involvement / Mildred Serra
- Part two. Getting started with social action
- Twelve: Learning from social action : reflections on teaching and social action
- Thirteen: Principles for practice : what is social action? / Jennie Fleming, Ian Boulton
- Fourteen: Recommendations for the classroom : before you start / Jennie Fleming, Ian Boulton
- Part three. Stuff you can try : activities for social action
- Metro map
- Naming the group
- Community vocabulary
- Devising the vision
- How we behave in groups
- Movie poster
- Four faces
- But why?
- Codes
- Changing your mind
- Sculpts
- The three c's
- SWOT
- Ideal specimen
- Force field analysis
- Worst nightmare
- Now/soon/later
- The swimming pool
- Messages.