International collaborations in literacy research and practice / edited by Cynthia B. Leung, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, Janet C. Richards, University of South Florida, Cynthia A. Lassonde, State University of New York, Oneonta.
| Other author | Leung, Cynthia. |
| Other author | Richards, Janet C. 1936- |
| Other author | Lassonde, Cynthia A. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Charlotte, NC : Information Age Publishing, INC., 2014. |
| Description | xi, 312 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Literacy, language and learning |
| Contents | Framing collaborative efforts for literacy / Cynthia B. Leung, Janet C. Richards, and Cynthia A. Lassonde -- Ethiopia for teachers: A collaborative celebration -- Of culture and literacy / Laurie J. Curtis -- United Arab Emirate and U.S. preservice teachers share perspectives in online literature circle discussions / Patience A. Sowa and Cynthia M. Schmidt -- Reading across continents: creating adolescent literacy leaders in Washington, D.C., Abuja, Nigeria, and Accra, Ghana / Elizabeth V. Primas and Liane Rosenblatt -- An exploratory inquiry of wordless picture book oral compositions across cultures / Carole Janisch, Xiaoming Liu, Amma Akrofi, and Mary Napoli -- Getting past didactic instruction: understanding the literacy curriculum for students with developmental disabilities in Tanzania / Angela Stone-MacDonald -- Chinese adolescents and U.S. teachers meet in a digital story writing workshop / Marylou M. Matoush, Danling Fu, and C. William 'Sandy' Miller -- Preparing U.S. preservice teachers for literacy instruction through student teaching in New Zealand / Julie Winneur Ankrum and Allan Nail -- Increasing U.S. inservice teachers' cultural awareness through summer teaching in China / Cheryl M. North and Nancy Rankie Shelton -- Promoting reading achievement in Malawian primary schools: an international collaboration / Misty Sailors, Henry Chilora, Davie Kaambankadzanja, and James V. Hoffman -- The Guatemalan literacy project: collaboration among literacy educators / Mayra C. Daniel, Marcia Mondschein, and Lucrecia de Palomo -- You are one of us: forging the development of dialogic communities of practice in the Bahamas / Gertrude Tinker Sachs -- Improving elementary school literacy in Mauritius through project ZEP / William L. Edwards, Janet Condy, and Sakil Malik -- The reading and writing for critical thinking (RWCT) project: working in the Thai jungle with indigenous Myanmar (Burmese) teachers / Janet C. Richards -- Active learning and critical thinking: a higher education professional development program in Croatia / Sharon B. Kletzien, Vlasta Vizek Vidovi?, and Vi?nja Grozdani?. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2013045521 |
| ISBN | 9781623965662 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 9781623965655 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9781623965679 (ebook) |