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Learning to be Literate

Multilingual Perspectives

By: Viv Edwards

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Learning to be Literate

Multilingual Perspectives

By: Viv Edwards

This textbook brings together research on literacy and multilingualism from a variety of settings: the learning of English in migrant destinations, immersion and bilingual education, and the maintenance of heritage languages. Designed to be accessible to students from a wide range of disciplines, the book explores multilingualism as a global phenomenon at both the individual and societal level, and literacy learning in a wide variety of contexts. It uses both these discussions to explore the theoretical and policy issues which are behind current educational practice, and points to possible ways forward. Students are introduced to examples of innovative and best practice from a range of international contexts, and discussion points and suggested activities encourage them to build on their own experiences as language learners. This is an ideal introductory text for students on courses where a critical understanding of language in education is necessary, as well as being a useful summary of the field and its future directions for researchers, practitioners and policy makers.

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Multilingual Matters

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1847696325

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Multilingualism in the English-Speaking World

Pedigree of Nations

By: Viv Edwards

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Multilingualism in the English-Speaking World

Pedigree of Nations

By: Viv Edwards

Multilingualism in the English-Speaking World is the winner of the BAAL Book Prize 2005. Multilingualism in the English-Speaking World: Pedigree of Nations explores the consequences of English as a global language and multilingualism as a social phenomenon. Written accessibly, it explores the extent of diversity in ‘inner circle’ English speaking countries (the UK, the USA, Canada, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand) and examines language in the home, school, and the wider community. Considers the perspectives of English as a global language as well as multilingualism as a social phenomenon. Written in an accessible style that draws on contemporary real life examples. Examines the everyday realities of people living in 'inner circle' English-speaking countries, such as the UK, USA, Canada, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Discusses the theoretical issues that underpin current debates, drawing on research literature on societal multilingualism, language maintenance and shift, language policy, language and power, and language and identity.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470754761

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At Home in School (1988)

Parent Participation in Primary Education

By: Viv Edwards,Angela Redfern

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At Home in School (1988)

Parent Participation in Primary Education

By: Viv Edwards,Angela Redfern

Originally published in 1988, this book discusses the gradual move from the separation of home and school to an increasing acceptance of the central role of parents as partners in their children's education. The book looks at the progress made towards real partnership with parents. An eminently practical account of the advantages of working with parents and the ways in which this can be achieved, it will be of special value to student teachers and practicing teachers, and to parents interested and involved in their children's education. The authors review national trends and developments since the issue was first seriously raised by the Plowden Report in 1967. Then focusing on one urban primary school (Redlands Primary School, Reading), they describe the changes which have taken place over a seven-year period, from the perspective of teachers, parents, and children. The book includes a personal account by Angela Redfern (formerly Deputy Head at Redlands) of what it has been like to be a teacher during this period of change, and telling comments from both parents and children on all aspects of involvement in school. Partnership with parents emerges as a course of action which reaps benefits for all concerned, and the authors stress that the developments taking place in schools like Redland are important for all schools, irrespective of their social class or ethnic composition.

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Routledge

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1351401831

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The West Indian Language Issue in British Schools (1979)

Challenges and Responses

By: Viv Edwards

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The West Indian Language Issue in British Schools (1979)

Challenges and Responses

By: Viv Edwards

First published in 1979. The performance of West Indian children in British schools has been the subject of enquiries by both a parliamentary select committee and the Department of Education. It is widely believed that an important factor in the relative failure of West Indian children is the language they use, West Indian Creole, and while teachers and others who work with them are aware that their language is often very different from British English, they seldom understand the nature of the differences, or their implications. The aim of this book is to provide the non-specialist with an account of the language of West Indian children and to examine how linguistic ‘interference’ can affect their level of reading, writing and understanding, even when they have been born in Britain. It also considers the worrying possibility that negative attitudes towards them and their language may have an adverse effect on their motivation to learn standard English. Viv Edwards places great stress on the fact that, although Creole is different from British English, it is in no way deficient as a language. She emphasizes the importance of familiarity with the structure of Creole, since it is only in this way that the teachers can discriminate between real mistakes and Creole ‘interference’. Attention is drawn to the relationship between language attitudes and social stereotypes and the danger that these might be translated into reality. Different strategies available to the teacher are examined, drawing on American experience in this field, and various initiatives taken by British teachers are described, thus making the study a work of practical value to teachers and others.

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1351399683

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Learning to be Literate

Multilingual Perspectives

By: Viv Edwards

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Multilingual Perspectives

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Multilingualism in the English-Speaking World

Pedigree of Nations

By: Viv Edwards

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Pedigree of Nations

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The World in a Classroom

Language in Education in Britain and Canada

By: Edwards, Viv,Angela Redfern

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The World in a Classroom

Language in Education in Britain and Canada

By: Edwards, Viv,Angela Redfern

A comparative study of how British and Canadian schools have responded in recent decades to the needs of multilingual populations. In particular, it examines language policies, the teaching of English, classroom responses to linguistic and cultural diversity, and community/heritage language teaching.

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Multilingual Matters

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1853591580

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Subject Knowledge and Teacher Education

The Development of Beginning Teachers' Thinking

By: Viv Ellis

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Subject Knowledge and Teacher Education

The Development of Beginning Teachers' Thinking

By: Viv Ellis

Teachers' knowledge of the subjects they teach has been of enduring interest to governments, the profession and the wider society. In this book, Viv Ellis traces the development of three beginning teachers thinking about their subject knowledge in the context of Standards-based teacher education and the practice of auditing student teachers' subject knowledge. Ellis puts forward a theory of subject knowledge development that moves on from the objectivist and individualistic epistemologies associated with Standards and the practices of auditing to more a contextualist and sociocultural understanding of teachers' cognition and learning. An important implication of this study is that if teacher education wishes to have greater impact on the development of beginning teachers, teacher educators need to pay greater attention to the schools and subject department settings in which these beginning teachers learn.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1441119019

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Harlequin Heartwarming September 2023 Box Set

A Clean Romance

By: Alexis Morgan,Syndi Powell,LeAnne Bristow,Viv Royce

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Harlequin Heartwarming September 2023 Box Set

A Clean Romance

By: Alexis Morgan,Syndi Powell,LeAnne Bristow,Viv Royce

Harlequin® Heartwarming celebrates wholesome, heartfelt relationships that focus on home, family, community and love. Experience all that and more with four new novels in one collection! This Harlequin Heartwarming box set includes: TO TRUST A HERO Heroes of Dunbar Mountain by USA TODAY bestselling author Alexis Morgan Freelance writer Max Volkov recently helped solve a mystery in Dunbar, Washington, and now he’s staying in town to write about it! But B and B owner Rikki Bruce is perplexed by another mystery—why is she so drawn to Max? WHEN LOVE COMES CALLING by Syndi Powell It’s love at first sight for Brian Redmond when he meets Vivi Carmack. Vivi feels the same but knows romance is no match for her recent streak of bad luck. Now Brian must prove they can overcome anything—together. HER HOMETOWN COWBOY Coronado, Arizona by LeAnne Bristow Noah Sterling is determined to save his ranch without anyone’s assistance. But then he meets Abbie Houghton, who’s in town searching for her sister. Accepting help has never been his strong suit…but this city girl might just be his weakness! WINNING OVER THE RANCHER Heroes of the Rockies by Viv Royce Big-city marketing specialist Lily Richards comes to Boulder County, Colorado, to help the community after a devastating storm. But convincing grumpy rancher Cade Williams to accept her advice is harder than she expected… Look for 4 compelling new stories every month from Harlequin® Heartwarming!

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0369736982

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Transforming Teacher Education

Reconfiguring the Academic Work

By: Viv Ellis,Jane McNicholl

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Transforming Teacher Education

Reconfiguring the Academic Work

By: Viv Ellis,Jane McNicholl

Teacher education has a central role in the improvement of educational systems around the world but what do the teacher educators in universities and colleges actually do? Day-to-day, how do they support the learning and development of the thousands of new teachers we need every year? And why does this matter? Drawing on recent research by the authors, situated in the growing international literature, Transforming Teacher Education puts these questions in cultural and historical context and offers a practical answer in the form of an original agenda for the transformation of current conditions in teacher education with future designs for practice. Viv Ellis and Jane McNicholl argue that the academic work of teacher education needs to be reconfigured in order to stimulate the renewal of the profession of teaching and to develop new modes of educational research that will have impact on practice as well as building the discipline of Education within the universities. They offer suggestions for future designs for teacher education, drawing not only on the latest research in teacher learning and development but from across the social sciences.

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1472511840

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Curricula for Teaching Children and Young People with Severe or Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties

Practical strategies for educational professionals

By: Peter Imray,Viv Hinchcliffe

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Curricula for Teaching Children and Young People with Severe or Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties

Practical strategies for educational professionals

By: Peter Imray,Viv Hinchcliffe

Curricula for Teaching Children and Young People with Severe or Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties offers a range of compelling arguments for a distinct and separate pedagogical approach to the learning needs of the most educationally challenging pupils. This book, written in accessible, common sense and non-academic language, provides an easy-to-follow alternative curriculum specifically designed to enhance and enrich the learning of children with profound and multiple learning difficulties. Chapter by chapter, guidelines and support are offered in key curriculum areas, some of which include: Cognition Language, Literacy and Communication Mathematical Physical Sensory Creative Care Play Problem solving. This highly practical resource is essential reading for any educational professional, parents, school governors, teachers, teaching assistants, therapists and indeed anyone involved with maximising the educational opportunities of those with profound learning difficulties.

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Routledge

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1134679513

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Developing Professional Practice 7-14

By: Viv Wilson,Sue Kendall-Seatter

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Developing Professional Practice 7-14

By: Viv Wilson,Sue Kendall-Seatter

Developing Professional Practice 7-14 provides a thoroughly comprehensive and cutting edge guide to developing the necessary knowledge, skills and understanding for teaching within the 7-14 age range. This book is designed to guide you through your initial teacher training programme, and on into the early stages of your career, with the aim of stimulating and supporting you in the process of developing your practice. A range of pedagogical features are provided in each chapter to encourage reflection, interaction and debate. Over to you features pose questions that will encourage you to examine your own knowledge, understanding and practical skills. Working in the Classroom features will help you to envisage how the material covered might impact on your classroom practice Case studies offer extended examples that help illustrate core concepts and theories in action. Controversy features provide in-depth discussion of issues that are ongoing causes for debate Research briefing boxes explore recent research studies, and explain their bearing on day to day practice Additional resources and support are provided via the Developing Professional Practice companion website, www.pearsoned.co.uk/7-14, where you can access additional self-study questions, case studies, interactive chapter-by-chapter tutorials, interviews with practitioners and students, and a glossary of key terms. Developing Professional Practice 7-14 is essential reading for anyone training to teach in primary or secondary schools, as well as those specialising in the middle years specifically. It will also prove an invaluable resource for all those already in the early stages of their careers.

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1317864859

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The Owl of the Sipan Lord

By: Viv Drewa

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The Owl of the Sipan Lord

By: Viv Drewa

Martin and Clare Montgomery worked together as an archaeological team until Martin mysteriously died. Fearing the rumors of a curse. Clare vowed to never return, that was until a rare owl began to haunt her dreams. Was this a sign from her beloved Martin or something more sinister?

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Lavish Publishing, LLC

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1649008902

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9781649008909

Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys.

A Memoir

By: Viv Albertine

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Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys.

A Memoir

By: Viv Albertine

A feminist musician icon, Viv Albertine reveals the rocking, uncompromising story of her life on the front lines at the birth of the British punk movement and beyond in this exciting, humorous, and inspiring memoir. Selected by the New York Times as one of the 50 Best Memoirs of the Past 50 Years Viv Albertine is a pioneer. As lead guitarist and songwriter for the seminal band The Slits, she influenced a future generation of artists including Kurt Cobain and Carrie Brownstein. She formed a band with Sid Vicious and was there the night he met Nancy Spungeon. She tempted Johnny Thunders...toured America with the Clash...dated Mick Jones...and inspired the classic Clash anthem “Train in Vain.” But Albertine was no mere muse. In Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys., Albertine delivers a unique and unfiltered look at a traditionally male-dominated scene. Her story is so much more than a music memoir. Albertine’s narrative is nothing less than a fierce correspondence from a life on the fringes of culture. The author recalls rebelling from conformity and patriarchal society ever since her days as an adolescent girl in the same London suburb of Muswell Hill where the Kinks formed. With brash honesty—and an unforgiving memory—Albertine writes of immersing herself into punk culture among the likes of the Sex Pistols and the Buzzcocks. Of her devastation when the Slits broke up and her reinvention as a director and screenwriter. Or abortion, marriage, motherhood, and surviving cancer. Navigating infidelity and negotiating divorce. And launching her comeback as a solo artist with her debut album, The Vermilion Border. Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys. is a raw chronicle of music, fashion, love, sex, feminism, and more that connects the early days of punk to the Riot Grrl movement and beyond. But even more profoundly, Viv Albertine’s remarkable memoir is the story of an empowered woman staying true to herself and making it on her own in the modern world.

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Macmillan

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1466873078

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Learning at the Museum Frontiers

Identity, Race and Power

By: Viv Golding

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Learning at the Museum Frontiers

Identity, Race and Power

By: Viv Golding

In Learning at the Museum Frontiers, Viv Golding argues that the museum has the potential to function as a frontier - a zone where learning is created, new identities are forged and new connections made between disparate groups and their own histories. She draws on a range of theoretical perspectives including Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics, Foucauldian discourse on space and power, and postcolonial and Black feminist theory, as well as her own professional experience in museum education over a ten-year period, applying these ideas to a wide range of museum contexts. The book offers an important theoretical and empirical contribution to the debate on the value of museums and what they can contribute to society. The author reveals the radical potential for museums to tackle injustice and social exclusion, challenge racism, enhance knowledge and promote truth.

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1317106660

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Teachers and Young Researchers in Action

Working Together to Transform Practice

By: Viv Randall,Debbie Reel,Nicola Smith

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Teachers and Young Researchers in Action

Working Together to Transform Practice

By: Viv Randall,Debbie Reel,Nicola Smith

With an increasing emphasis on the role of evidence in education, primary school teachers need to find meaningful ways to engage in research. Teachers and Young Researchers in Action supports teachers and children in carrying out meaningful classroom research that can transform practice. An accessible guide, it shows the different ways in which children and teachers can go about their research, the problems they may meet on the way and the tried and tested methods to meet those challenges. Illustrated with rich real-life examples of research projects – exploring rewards and sanctions, values education, school structures and reading for pleasure – it shows how we can celebrate the importance of the voice of the child in school life, benefitting individual children, teachers and schools alike. This accessible book outlines the benefits of children’s research for individual children, teachers and schools as well as providing case studies that demonstrate how young children’s research projects can be successful. Written for teachers by teachers, this go-to resource will be of interest to anyone working with children as researchers looking to improve their practice and in need of guidance and support.

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