Methods of Research on Teaching the English Language Arts
Author | : James Flood |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 2005-01-15 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781135605728 |
ISBN-13 | : 1135605726 |
Rating | : 4/5 (28 Downloads) |
Download or read book Methods of Research on Teaching the English Language Arts written by James Flood and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-01-15 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text makes available in a concise format the chapters comprising the research methodology section of the Handbook of Research on Teaching the English Language Arts, Second Edition. An introduction, designed to give K-12 teachers an understanding of the basic categories and functions of research in teaching, is followed by chapters addressing teacher professionalism and the rise of "multiple literacies"; empirical research; longitudinal studies; case studies; ethnography; teacher research; teacher inquiry into literacy, social justice, and power; synthesis research; fictive representation; and contemporary methodological issues and future direction in research on the teaching of English. Methods of Research on Teaching the English Language Arts is well-suited for use in upper-level undergraduate and graduate-level literacy research methods courses.