Secondary Science Teaching for English Learners: Developing Supportive and Responsive Learning Contexts for Sense-Making and Language Development

By Patricia Stoddart, George C. Bunch, Sara Tolbert, et al.

Book Overview

The book outlines a framework that emphasizes the reciprocal and synergistic relationship between scientific sense-making and disciplinary language and literacy practices - through contextualized teaching that connects science instruction to students' lived experiences, sociocultural resources, and local and global communities.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442231262
• ISBN13: 9781442231269
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary