Research Catalog

Title

Teaching cultures : knowledge for teaching first grade in France and the United States / Kathryn M. Anderson-Levitt.

Author

Anderson-Levitt, Kathryn M.

Publication

Cresskill, N.J. : Hampton Press, ©2002.

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Details

Description

xvi, 333 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Language and social processes

Uniform Title

Language & social processes

Subject

• Elementary school teaching > France > Cross-cultural studies
• Elementary school teaching > United States > Cross-cultural studies
• First grade (Education) > France > Cross-cultural studies
• First grade (Education) > United States > Cross-cultural studies
• Educational anthropology
• Educational anthropology
• Elementary school teaching
• First grade (Education)
• Grundschullehrer
• Grundschulpädagogik
• Lehrerbildung
• Aufsatzsammlung
• France
• United States
• Frankreich
• USA

Genre/Form

Cross-cultural studies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-319) and indexes.

Contents

Introduction: Why Teaching Cultures Matters / Susan Florio-Ruane -- 1. Cultural Knowledge for Teaching -- 2. National Cultures and Teaching Cultures -- 3. Schools and Teachers in France -- 4. Classroom Cultures, National and Transnational -- 5. Teacher's Professional Knowledge -- 6. Reading Lessons in Villefleurie -- 7. A National "Schedule" for Reading Instruction -- 8. Assessing Student Progress -- 9. Explaining "Falling Behind" -- 10. Teaching Different Students Differently -- 11. Knowledge Shapes Practice, Practice Shapes Knowledge -- App. II. First-Grade Classes Observed in Villefleurie.

ISBN

• 1572733993
• 9781572733992
• 9781572734005
• 1572734000
• 1572734004 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2001039626

OCLC

• ocm47705464
• 47705464
• SCSB-1243623

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library