ERIC Number: ED568863
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2014-Aug
Pages: 272
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ISBN: 978-1-61250-720-0
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Educating English Learners: What Every Classroom Teacher Needs to Know
Nutta, Joyce W.; Strebel, Carine; Mokhtari, Kouider; Mihai, Florin M.; Crevecoeur-Bryant, Edwidge
Harvard Education Press
In "Educating English Learners," Joyce W. Nutta and her colleagues offer practical tools for helping schools and teachers successfully integrate English learners into mainstream classrooms. Drawing on the One Plus model presented in their award-winning book, "Preparing Every Teacher to Reach English Learners," the authors now turn their attention to the needs of K-12 teachers who typically have two or three English learners in their classrooms. English learners are not a homogenous group, and the challenges they face vary tremendously. Nutta and her colleagues present protocols and case studies to help pre-service and in-service teachers understand the needs of English learners in their classrooms and differentiate instruction and assessment accordingly. Woven throughout the book are the stories of Gero, Edith, Tasir, and Edgar, four case study students of different ages, backgrounds, and levels of English proficiency. The authors show how the protocols they provide can be applied to adapt sample lessons for students like these, across a range of grade levels, subject areas, and pedagogical approaches. Finally, the authors show how the system can be applied school-wide for a collaborative approach to meeting English learners' needs. [For "Preparing Every Teacher to Reach English Learners: A Practical Guide for Teacher Educators," see ED530155.]
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Second Language Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, Case Studies, Student Needs, Individualized Instruction, Language Proficiency, Teaching Methods, Vocabulary Development, Social Studies, Inquiry, Science Education, Active Learning, Student Projects, Technology Uses in Education, Mathematics Education, Algebra, Word Problems (Mathematics), Language Arts, Writing Instruction, Persuasive Discourse, Literacy Education, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Academic Achievement, English (Second Language), Web Sites
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Publication Type: Books; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Harvard University, Graduate School of Education
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