Innovation, Literacy, and Arts Integration in Multicultural Classrooms
Theory and Practice for Designers of K-8 Learning Environments
1st Edition
Published on 11. December 2023
326 pages
978-1-003-81544-0 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
More details
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ebooks
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
5 Tables, black and white; 21 Line drawings, black and white; 11 Halftones, black and white; 32 Illustrations, black and white
ISBN-13
978-1-003-81544-0 (9781003815440)
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Christiane Wood | Laurie Stowell | Merryl Goldberg
Innovation, Literacy, and Arts Integration in Multicultural Classrooms
Theory and Practice for Designers of K-8 Learning Environments
Book
12/2023
1st Edition
Routledge
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Christiane Wood | Laurie Stowell | Merryl Goldberg
Innovation, Literacy, and Arts Integration in Multicultural Classrooms
Theory and Practice for Designers of K-8 Learning Environments
Book
12/2023
1st Edition
Routledge
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Persons
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.
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.
Content
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
