Learning From Exemplary Teachers of Literacy. (28th December 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Duke, Nell K.; Cervetti, Gina N.; Wise, Crystal N.
• Is Part Of: Reading teacher. Volume 71:Number 4(2017)
• Page Start: 395
• Page End: 400
• Publication Date: 2017-12-28
• Subjects: Teacher education; professional development -- Instructional strategies; methods and materials -- Instructional strategies -- teaching strategies < Strategies, methods, and materials -- 1‐Early childhood -- 2‐Childhood; Reading (Elementary) -- Periodicals; Reading -- Periodicals; Reading -- Remedial teaching -- Periodicals; 372.405
• DOI: 10.1002/trtr.1654
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0034-0561

Abstract

Abstract: Recent articles in The Reading Teacher have communicated contributions of reading research over the last three decades. In this article, the authors focus on a type of research that has contributed to our understanding of practice: studies of exemplary teachers of literacy. The authors discuss three studies and their findings: a study of a teacher who was exemplary in fostering the literacy achievement of African American students; a study of two teachers who were, in comparison with five other teachers studied, exemplary in fostering literacy engagement; and a study of 36 teachers who were more and less effective at fostering literacy growth. These and other studies of exemplary teachers reveal a wide range of instructional practices and their orchestration.