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ERIC Number: EJ504799
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0034-0561
What Happens When Teachers Get together to Talk about Books? Gaining a Multicultural Perspective from Literature (National Reading Research Center).
Flood, James; And Others
Reading Teacher, v48 n8 p720-23 May 1995
Describes an elementary school book club with 12 elementary teachers, their principal, and 2 university teachers reading the same piece of contemporary multicultural fiction and keeping response journals. Describes how their discussions were studied and how the literature discussions changed their classroom practices. (SR)
Descriptors: Discussion (Teaching Technique), Discussion Groups, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Higher Education, Literature Appreciation, Multicultural Education, Reading Research
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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