Best Practices in Teaching Literacies, Paperback by Ortlieb, Evan (EDT); Cheek, Earl H., Jr. (EDT); Semingson, Peggy (EDT), ISBN 1787544346, ISBN-13 9781787544345, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UK

The almost universal reliance upon tools for social, academic, and career development will only become morepronounced in the years to come. Teacher education programs remain ill-equippedto adequately prepare educators with the pedagogies needed to foster literacies. What is needed is a set of best practices towards teaching literacies so that teachers can better meet the emerging needs of theirstudents in today’s classrooms.

Where should teachers begin? What are theessentials of literacies within K-12 contexts? And how might wereimagine teacher education programs to optimally prepare teachers for workingwith technologically connected youth, whose literacies are more complex,interconnected, and diverse than ever?

This volume provides a practicalframework for teacher education programs to develop K-12 students’ literacies. It offers a set of best practices in teaching literacies that promote access to research-based pedagogies for immediateimplementation in classrooms.