Writing to make a difference : classroom projects for community change /
The student projects presented in this book demonstrate a powerful approach to teaching writing-one that requires no special equipment or resources and can be adapted for students of any age. The key is getting students involved in action research and in writing about issues that are important to th...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Teachers College Press,
[2002]
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| Series: | Practitioner inquiry series.
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Table of Contents:
- Opening the door between the workplace and the classroom / Marjorie Kleinneiur Morgan and Lauren Kocks
- Growing through community: opportunities for ongoing collaborations / Bernadette Longo
- Creating a writing community through drama / Carol Collins
- Writing for their future: students research the job market / Evelyn Beck
- Inquiry-based learning: collaborative model / Scott Christian
- Writing for community awareness and change: two schools talk about race / Laura Schneider VanDerPloeg and Beth Steffen
- Rural communities, gangs, and school violence: writing for a local and an electronic community / Rosie Roppel
- Beyond e-mail: writing and publishing for the cybernet community: a scenario / Susan L. Miera
- Asking the hard questions: writing about environmental risks for rural communities / Janet Atkins
- Lower 9, don't it sound fine? / Jim Randels with Ebony Carriere
- Between sacred mountains: an interview with Rex Lee Jim / Chris Benson
- Writing a future: African American teen mothers finding an identity in Charleston, South Carolina / Elizabeth Coykendall Rice
- A license to think: writing for change as privilege, obligation, and professional journey / Tom McKenna
- Reader refunds / J. Elspeth Stuckey.