| Writing for Understanding: Strategies to Increase Content Learning Contributor(s): Walling, Donovan R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1412964342 ISBN-13: 9781412964340 Publisher: Corwin Publishers OUR PRICE: $72.15 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2009 Annotation: Writing for Understanding focuses on using writing as an instructional tool for increasing students' understanding of content. Written for non-language arts teachers, the book provides approaches that are applicable from the upper elementary grades through high school.This resource gives teachers information and practical strategies to include student writing lessons in their instructional repertoire with specific attention to lessons that: Are content-specific across the curriculum or adaptable to various subject matter Increase student learning without the expectation that teachers will be, or become, experts in writing instruction Do not unreasonably increase teachers' workloads |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - Reading & Phonics - Education | Elementary |
| Dewey: 372.623 |
| LCCN: 2009020546 |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 7.24" W x 10.13" (1.03 lbs) 144 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Written specifically for non-language arts teachers, this resource focuses on using writing as an instructional tool to deepen and expand student understanding in the content areas. |
Contributor Bio(s): Walling, Donovan R.: - Donovan R. Walling is a writer, editor, educator, and consultant. He serves as a senior consultant for the Center for Civic Education. He has taught art, English, and journalism in the United States and abroad and has worked as a curriculum administrator in public school districts in Wisconsin and Indiana. From 1993 until 2006 he was director of publications for the education association Phi Delta Kappa International. Walling is the author or editor of more than a dozen professional books for educators and numerous articles and other publications. He is nationally recognized in the field of art education, where some of his publications include Under Construction: The Role of the Arts and Humanities in Postmodern Schooling (Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation, 1997); the Corwin Press books, Rethinking How Art Is Taught: A Critical Convergence (2000) and Visual Knowing: Connecting Art and Ideas Across the Curriculum (2005); the core chapter on visual and performing arts for the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development's Curriculum Handbook (2002), and the "Art in the Schools" entry for Macmillan's Encyclopedia of Education (2003). Walling's recent books include Public Education, Democracy, and the Common Good (Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation, 2004) and Teaching Writing to Visual, Auditory, and Kinesthetic Learners (Corwin Press, 2006). |