Handbook of Instructional Practices for Literacy Teacher-educ... - 9781138147706

Taylor & Francis

Handbook of Instructional Practices for Literacy Teacher-educatorsExamples and Reflections From the Teaching Lives of Literacy Scholars\nAuthor(s): Joyce E. Many\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138147706, 978-1138147706\nSynopsis\nThis volume offers a unique glimpse into the teaching approaches and thinking of a wide range of well-known literacy researchers, and the lessons they have learned from their own teaching lives. The contributors teach in a variety of universities, programs, and settings. Each shares an approach he or she has used in a course, and introduces the syllabus for this course through personal reflections that give the reader a sense of the theories, prior experiences, and influential authors that have shaped their own thoughts and approaches. In addition to describing the nature of their students and the program in which the course is taught, many authors also share key issues with which they.