Amplifying the Curriculum
Designing Quality Learning Opportunities for English Learners
Will be published approx. on 28. June 2019
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-8077-6120-5 (ISBN)
Description
This resource guides teachers through the design of tasks, lessons, and units of study that invite English learners (and all students) to engage in meaningful and intellectually engaging activity. It offers direction for designing lessons and units and provides examples that demonstrate the approach in various subject areas, including math, science, English, and social studies.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 163 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
476 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8077-6120-5 (9780807761205)
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Persons
Aída Walqui is director of the Teacher Professional Development Program at WestEd and the Quality Teaching for English Learners (QTEL) initiative. George C. Bunch is professor of education at University of California, Santa Cruz and winner of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2017 Second Language Research Special Interest Group Midcareer Award.
Content
Contents
Preface?ix
Acknowledgments?xiii
1.?Educating English Learners in the 21st Century?1 George C. Bunch and Aida Walqui
2.?What Is Quality Learning for English Learners??21
Aida Walqui and George C. Bunch
3.?Designing the Amplified Lesson?43
Aida Walqui
4.?Shakespeare's Macbeth: Making Powerful Texts Accessible and Engaging to English Learners?71
Mary Schmida
5.?Investigating Disease Transmission: Engaging English Learners in a Phenomenon-Based Science Lesson?93
Tomas Galguera, Catherine Lemmi, and Paolo C. Martin
6.?Making Slope a Less Slippery Concept for English Learners: Redesigning Mathematics Instruction with Rich Interactions?115
Leslie Hamburger and Haiwen Chu
7.?Mapping a Changing World View: Designing Learning Experiences for English Learners in Social Studies?139
Nicholas Catechis and Pia Castilleja
8.?What Makes Me Who I Am?: Engaging Beginning-Level English Learners in Quality Learning?165
Lee Hartman and Elsa Billings
9.?Where the Rubber Meets the Road: What Teachers and Students Report When Implementing High- Quality Learning Designs for English Learners?187
George C. Bunch, Heather Schlaman, and Sara Rutherford-Quach
10.?Developing Teacher Expertise to Design Amplified Learning Opportunities for English Learners?207
Aida Walqui and George C. Bunch
About the Editors and Contributors?227
Index?231
Preface?ix
Acknowledgments?xiii
1.?Educating English Learners in the 21st Century?1 George C. Bunch and Aida Walqui
2.?What Is Quality Learning for English Learners??21
Aida Walqui and George C. Bunch
3.?Designing the Amplified Lesson?43
Aida Walqui
4.?Shakespeare's Macbeth: Making Powerful Texts Accessible and Engaging to English Learners?71
Mary Schmida
5.?Investigating Disease Transmission: Engaging English Learners in a Phenomenon-Based Science Lesson?93
Tomas Galguera, Catherine Lemmi, and Paolo C. Martin
6.?Making Slope a Less Slippery Concept for English Learners: Redesigning Mathematics Instruction with Rich Interactions?115
Leslie Hamburger and Haiwen Chu
7.?Mapping a Changing World View: Designing Learning Experiences for English Learners in Social Studies?139
Nicholas Catechis and Pia Castilleja
8.?What Makes Me Who I Am?: Engaging Beginning-Level English Learners in Quality Learning?165
Lee Hartman and Elsa Billings
9.?Where the Rubber Meets the Road: What Teachers and Students Report When Implementing High- Quality Learning Designs for English Learners?187
George C. Bunch, Heather Schlaman, and Sara Rutherford-Quach
10.?Developing Teacher Expertise to Design Amplified Learning Opportunities for English Learners?207
Aida Walqui and George C. Bunch
About the Editors and Contributors?227
Index?231