His research
focuses on the literacy development of African American males, particularly the role texts and writing play in advancing their literacy development and disrupting the national narrative.
In all cases, the researchers worked directly with teachers and school districts in ongoing professional development
activities focused on literacy curriculum and instruction as well as assessment implementation.
Room to Read seeks to transform the lives of millions of children in developing countries
by focusing on literacy and gender equality in education.
In this column, I will
focus on literacy as barrier to access to justice, and what tribunals can do to ensure that their processes are understandable.
The nine outstanding
projects focus on literacy, STEM learning (science, technology, engineering and math) and entrepreneurship using multimedia such as video and gaming.
Her work
often focuses on literacy, differentiated instruction, professional learning, and integrating support structures for continuous school improvement.
The Masters in Reading
courses focus on literacy assessment, vocabulary and comprehension, developing reading and writing across curricula, and literacy leadership and coaching.
With unique characters and educational messages tailored to local needs, the
program focuses on literacy, math, cognitive skills, and health in a context that promotes gender equity and social inclusion.
«The initiative exemplifies the commitment of Carnegie Corporation's Advancing Literacy program to increase the numbers of researchers and educators
focusing on literacy for older students,» said Andrà © s HenrÃquez, program officer and manager of Carnegie's Adolescent Literacy projects.
Last year, Newlands School in Southwark won the award thanks to its new building, which has superb facilities for sport, design, construction, hospitality and catering, art and the performing arts alongside specialist
teaching focus on literacy and numeracy.
In Growing Independent Learners, she provides a comprehensive guide — with more than 400 full - color photos — to help you plan instruction
focused on literacy standards, organize your classroo... read more
They have adopted standards - based curricula, with an
intensive focus on literacy and numeracy as the first foundation for academic achievement, which typically manifests itself in extra time for reading and math each day and a relatively heavy reliance on direct instruction and differentiated grouping, especially in the early grades.
His research
focuses on literacy learning, particularly phonics, vocabulary and spelling, and studies of orthographic development in second languages.
«These impressive results are thanks to better teaching, better school leadership, Labour's
relentless focus on literacy and numeracy and record investment in schools,» said shadow education secretary, Stephen Twigg.
Children's Book Week celebrates reading for enjoyment in schools and encourages educators to make time to read for fun and not just
focus on literacy testing.
According to Gittler, it can be seen as the result of efforts made by ConTextos, an international nonprofit she founded in 2010,
which focuses on literacy development in Central America.
Games, Bingo, Activities, A fun task for students to play at the end of term while at the same
time focusing on literacy skills.
The ROP lessons
mainly focus on literacy and numeracy, but Pedley - Smith says it quickly became apparent that there was a need to build the students» confidence and self - esteem.
He was the project manager for the development of the Inter-ED software, a multi-lingual (11 Official Languages) software solution for foundation - phase
learners focusing on Literacy, Numeracy and Life Skills which provided learners, irrespective of their language and socio - economic background, the opportunity of being taught in their mother tongue during the foundation phase.
Nell K. Duke, professor at the University of Michigan
who focuses on literacy development, particularly among children living in poverty;
Future success is better predicted by students who have exercised an element of choice and autonomy in their learning and a broad
curriculum focused on literacy, numeracy, social studies, science, and the arts.
In response to the well - intentioned yet
myopic focus on literacy and numeracy, your course offerings in art, drama, music, history, world languages, and the sciences were all too often set aside «to create more time for reading and math instruction.»
Gerde theorizes that the instructional imbalance they discovered is partially a result of the
policy focus on literacy over the last 20 years that has resulted in a significant amount of professional development in literacy for preschool teachers.
Kindergarten readiness screenings
also focus on literacy and, to a lesser extent, math, giving teachers some added motivation to teach those subjects regardless of how much they like them.