Right to Literacy in Secondary Schools Creating a Culture of Thinking

Name: Right to Literacy in Secondary Schools Creating a Culture of Thinking
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ISBN: 9780807749180

ISBN-10: 0807749184

ISBN-13: 9780807749180

Edition: 2009

Authors: Suzanne Plaut, Theodore R. Sizer, Theodore R. Sizer

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This inspirational resource challenges educators to view adolescent literacy as a "civil right" that enables students to understand essential content and to develop as independent learners. Edited by the Vice President of Education at the Public Education & Business Coalition (PEBC), a nonprofit that is nationally regarded for its expertise in literacy and professional development, the book is a call to action and a practical guide for reform-minded schools and districts, and for teachers seeking to help all adolescent learners achieve at high levels. It is replete with vivid illustrations of exemplary classroom practice across all content areas. It also offers important frameworks to help…

Book details

List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Publication date: 10/30/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 7.01" wide x 9.88" long x 0.43" tall
Weight: 0.836

American educator Theodore Sizer was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and was educated at Yale and Harvard universities. He has served as headmaster of Phillips Academy, dean of the Graduate School of Education at Harvard, and is currently professor of education and chairman of the Coalition of Essential Schools at Brown University. For over 25 years, Sizer has been one of the leading critics of American education in the United States, endorsing structural and curricular reform in order to improve the public schools. In addition to being the author of numerous books, he also has written for a number of journals, including Saturday Review and Psychology Today.



Foreword



Acknowledgments


Introduction




Vision and Value: What Literacy Looks Like and Why It Matters



The Right to Think: Giving Adolescents the Skills to Make Sense of the World




Metacognition: How Thinking About Their Thinking Empowers Students




Not My Enemy, but My Friend: How Literacy Serves Content-Area Goals




Access and Power Right Now: From School to World



Reflecting on Part I



Beliefs into Practice: Literacy as Means to Content Teachers' Ends



Mathematics Teaching for Understanding: Reasoning, Reading, and Formative Assessment




The Scientist in the Classroom: The Place of Literacy Within Scientific Inquiry




Argument and Advocacy: Rigorous Talk About Culturally Relevant Text in Social Studies




Self-Assessment of Standardized Test Data: Empowering Students to Plan and Own Their Learning in Language Arts



Reflecting on Part II



Essential Frameworks: How to Help All Adolescents Engage, Think, Understand, and Develop Independence



Engaging Classroom Communities: Belonging, Rigor, and Support as Three Pillars of a Thinking Classroom




Thinking, Not Shuffling: Expecting All Students to Use Their Minds Well




Independence Is the Greatest Gift I Can Give: Using the Gradual Release of Responsibility Framework




Time to Think: Using the Workshop Structure So Students Think and Teachers Listen



Reflecting on Part III


Conclusion



References


About the Editor and the Contributors


Index