Collaboration for Diverse Learners : Viewpoints and Practices

by Risko, Victoria J.; Bromley, Karen; IRA,

• ISBN13: 9780872072831
• ISBN10: 0872072835
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-08-01
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

Summary

Educators often feel frustrated by their school's lack of comprehensive programs to address the needs of diverse learners. Many noted literacy experts believe that school programs for diverse learners will remain ineffectual until instruction involves teachers, specialists, administrators, and families in collaborative decision making, mediation, negotiation, and respect for differences. Collaboration for Diverse Learnersbrings together several expert perspectives on achieving effective collaboration to accelerate the literacy development of diverse learners. You will find in this important volume many resources to guide your own decision making and development of successful collaboration programs: in-depth analyses of collaborative efforts, multiple ways to think about collaboration and its implementation, and examples of collaborative projects that are successfully in place in schools throughout the United States. You'll be especially inspired by the first-hand stories of educators, children, and families who present the possibilities for partnerships that advance the learning of all students. Published by International Reading Association

Table of Contents

Foreword	viii
Acknowledgments	x
Contributors	xi
Introduction Collaboration for Diverse Learners: A Beginning	1	(8)
SECTION 1 Ways to Think About Collaboration
New Visions of Collaboration	9	(11)
Victoria J. Risko
Karen Bromley
Getting Started With Collaboration	20	(12)
Marjorie Montague
Cynthia Warger
Collaboration in the Schools: A Theoretical and Practical View	32	(20)
Barbara J. Walker
Ronald J. Scherry
Christine Gransbery
Co-Teaching: It Takes More Than ESP	52	(18)
Jeanne Shay Schumm
Marie Tejero Hughes
Maria Elena Arguelles
Collaboration as Deliberate Curriculum Decision Making	70	(17)
Marleen C. Pugach
Mary Ann Fitzgerald
``Title I Bought That Coffee Pot!'' Family Literacy Professionals Learn to Collaborate	87	(18)
Nancy D. Padak
Connie Sapin
Connie Spencer Ackerman
SECTION 2 Multiple Pathways to Collaboration
Collaboration in a First-Grade Classroom: Shared Inquiry Supports Diverse Learners' Literacy Development	105	(18)
Jacqueline K. Peck
Collaborative Learning Strategies in Diverse Classrooms	123	(29)
Patricia Douville
Karen D. Wood
Expanding Collaborative Roles of Reading Specialists: Developing an Intermediate Reading Support Program	152	(16)
Donna Ogle
Ellen Fogelberg
Developing Successful Collaborative Literacy Teams: A Case Study	168	(20)
Carol A. Lyons
Educational Teams for Students With Diverse Needs: Structures to Promote Collaboration and Impact	188	(22)
Beverly Rainforth
Jill L. England
Emphasizing Differences to Build Cultural Understandings	210	(21)
Patricia Ruggiano Schmidt
Communicating and Collaborating With Linguistically Diverse Communities	231	(20)
Bertha Perez
Developing Collaboration With Culturally Diverse Parents	251	(22)
Patricia A. Edwards
Jennifer C. Danridge
Home-School Connections in a Community Where English Is the Second Language: Project FLAME	273	(16)
Flora V. Rodriguez-Brown
Reading at Home, Reading at School: Conflict, Communication, and Collaboration When School and Home Cultures Are Different	289	(21)
Gisela Ernst-Slavit
Jofen Wu Han
Kerri J. Wenger
Collaboration Across Language, Age, and Geographic Borders	310	(20)
Teresa J. Kennedy
George F. Canney
A School-University Project on Collaboration and Consultation	330	(18)
Susan S. Osborne
Ann C. Schulte
Classroom Teachers and Reading Specialists Working Together to Improve Student Achievement	348	(21)
Rita M. Bean
Establishing Effective Collaboration for Knowledge Building With Technology Supports	369	(24)
Sean P. Brophy
SECTION 3 Conclusions
Collaboration for Diverse Learners: Reflections and Recommendations	393	(16)
Karen Bromley
Victoria J. Risko
Author Index	409	(7)
Subject Index	416