Writing across the curriculum in secondary classrooms : teaching from a diverse perspective /
Writing across the curriculum in secondary classrooms : teaching from a diverse perspective /
edited by Harriet Arzu Scarborough.
- USA : Merrill Prentice Hall, 2001.
- vi, 218 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Based on a need to teach writing and thinking across the curriculum, Harriet Scarborough worked through a number of her esteemed colleagues and practical thinking middle school and secondary school teachers to create a text for today's diverse classrooms. The author and her text contributors met regularly for a year to identify what was working in the classroom. They offer this book to you as you look to: give voice to the use of writing to mediate learning develop writing contexts for learning in content area classes create writing environments conducive to risk-taking make learning relevant and authentic for ALL students.
9780130224897
English language --Study and teaching (Secondary) --United States.--Composition and exercises
Interdisciplinary approach in education --United States.
Multicultural education --United States.
373.19 SCA
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Based on a need to teach writing and thinking across the curriculum, Harriet Scarborough worked through a number of her esteemed colleagues and practical thinking middle school and secondary school teachers to create a text for today's diverse classrooms. The author and her text contributors met regularly for a year to identify what was working in the classroom. They offer this book to you as you look to: give voice to the use of writing to mediate learning develop writing contexts for learning in content area classes create writing environments conducive to risk-taking make learning relevant and authentic for ALL students.
9780130224897
English language --Study and teaching (Secondary) --United States.--Composition and exercises
Interdisciplinary approach in education --United States.
Multicultural education --United States.
373.19 SCA