Overview

This textbook offers a foundation for how literacy and arts integration interconnect to advance innovation, accessibility, and equitable classroom learning contexts for K-8 students. Balancing research-backed theory and classroom practice, this book helps readers understand the multiple perspectives, frameworks, and models necessary in the design of learning environments for diverse learners, including sociocultural theories of literacy, new and digital literacies, multiliteracies, culturally responsive pedagogy, critical pedagogy, and art. Written by an author team with decades of experience in teaching literacy, writing, and arts integration across a variety of learning environments, each chapter includes a basis of conceptual framing and research backed by functional case studies and practical classroom practices, as well as discussion questions. Written as a text for foundational literacy, arts integration, and education courses, Innovation, Literacy, and Arts Integration in Multicultural Classrooms offers an engaging, practical resource for both pre-service and in-service elementary and middle grade teachers and teacher educators.

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Author:   Christiane Wood ,  Laurie Stowell ,  Merryl Goldberg
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.600kg
ISBN:  

9780367619206

ISBN 10:   0367619202
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   11 December 2023
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Act I Literacy-Arts Integration: Foundational Understandings 1. Why Innovation, Literacy, and the Arts? 2. Literacy-Arts Learning Environments: Designing a Culture of Innovation 3. The Art of Designing Literacy-Arts Integrated Lessons: Sparking Innovation Act II Literacy-Arts Integration: Theory to Practice 4. Social Emotional Learning (SEL), Literacy, Innovation, and the Arts 5. Reading Comprehension: Meaning-Making Through The Arts 6. Visual Literacy and the Arts 7. Writing and the Arts in the Innovative Classroom 8. Media Literacy and the Arts in the Innovative Classroom 9. Making Space for Literacy and the Arts Epilogue

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Christiane Wood has an extensive background in education, having worked as an early elementary and middle school teacher, as well as a reading specialist. Currently, she is an associate professor of literacy education at California State University San Marcos. She is the author of The Literacy of Play and Innovation: Children as Makers (2019). Laurie Stowell has been an elementary and middle school teacher in Ohio and a professor of literacy education at California State University San Marcos since 1992. She is also the director of the San Marcos Writing Project and on the Executive Leadership Council of the California Writing Project. Merryl Goldberg is a music professor and arts integration specialist and has been a member of the California State University San Marcos faculty since 1993. She started her career as a part-time music educator, then went on the road as a professional saxophonist for 13 years before entering academia. She is the author of Arts Integration: Teaching Subject Matter Through the Arts in Multicultural Settings (2022), currently in its sixth edition.

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