RRVWP: From one who left the profession

There is a difference between learning and education. Learning is a slow, disciplined process, while education is about producing results. I didn't realize it before I stepped into the classroom. I guess that makes me naive. (Jordan Kohanim at Education Week on why she left teaching)

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RRVWP's books

Teaching Writing as Reflective Practice

by George Hillocks

Hillocks, the grand-daddy of research on teaching writing, challenges teachers to think about writing instruction as instruction that includes inquiry about something. In other words, students need to write about something they've invest...

Narrative Writing: Learning a New Model for Teaching

by George Hillocks Jr.

Hillocks, in perhaps his most accessible work, argues that writing instruction and learning might best begin with narration. Students have stories to tell and, through the telling of those stories, students can learn about the craft of w...

Effective Literacy Instruction: Building Successful Reading and Writing Programs

by Judith A. Langer

In this work based on a comprehensive study, Judith Langer explains what effective literacy instruction looks like. Most importantly, she urges teachers to help their students achieve "high literacy," a kind of literacy that includes spe...

Strategic Reading: Guiding Students to Lifelong Literacy, 6-12

by Tanya N. Baker

Strategic Reading is one of the best books, if not the best book, on reading instruction. The authors deftly explain Vygotskian Learning Theory, instructional scaffolding as well as other important literacy concepts. If you have time to ...

Flow

by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Flow gets at what people feel when they are engaged in optimal experiences. Literacy researchers have used the idea of flow to help teachers think about engaging students in the optimal experiences recounted in flow.

Thursday, August 23, 2012

From one who left the profession