Reseña del libro "Focus on Curriculum (Hc) (en Inglés)"
CONTENTS: Introduction, Dennis M. McInerney and Shawn Van Etten. PART I: EARLY CHILDHOOD AND SCHOOL CURRICULUM. Teaching through Play and Respecting the Motivation of Preschoolers, Robert D. Strom and Paris S. Strom. Changing the Lens: Sociocultural Curriculum and Research in Early Childhood in New Zealand, Margaret Carr. Reading Instruction in Sociocultural Context: Impact on Reading Comprehension and Engagement, Allan Wigfield and Susan Lutz.Effects of a Multicultural Literacy Curriculum in a Racially and Socioeconomically Diverse Fifth-Grade Classroom, Jessica C. Zacher. Teaching Well: Science Teachers’ Investigation and Use of Student Sociocultural Background, Steven Ramirez Fong and Marcelle A. Siegel. Educational Technology and Sociocultural Influences: Context Does Matter, Ellen B. Mandinach and Margaret Honey. Mindful Classrooms: A Synthesis of Research on Multiple Intelligences Theory in Cross-Cultural Contexts, Wilma Vialle. Inside Culture and Curriculum: Religious and Sex Differences Among Arabic Students’ Perceptions of Personal Development, Health, and Physical Education, Dennis M. McInerney, Martin Dowson, and Alexander Seeshing Yeung. The Interaction of Type of Religious Education and Sociocultural Contexts: Implications for Motivation and Learning, Martin Dowson. Language Proficiency and School Achievement among Students from Migrant Families in Australia, Rosemary Suliman. Amazing Space: Reading Life in the Literature Classroom, William McGinley, Jennifer A. Whitcomb, and Sarah M. Zerwin. PART II: POSTSCHOOL CURRICULUM. Understanding Student Diversity and the Factors that Influence Academic Success: A Preliminary Study, Lorelle J. Burton, David Dowling, Marilyn Dorman, and Lyn Brodie. Rethinking Resistance in Multicultural Teacher Education: Reflection and Miseducation, Katherine Richardson Bruna. Pasifika Australia: Culturally Responsive Curriculum and Teaching, Mike Horsley and Richard Walker. Creating Community and Becoming a Member of an Urban Teacher Education Program, Michelle Kelly and William Buxton. Curriculum and Pedagogical Development for Building a Community of Learners among Older Chinese Adults in Using ICT, Chi-hung Ng. About the Authors.
