Scaffolding the Academic Success of Adolescent English Language Learners: A Pedagogy of Promise

AiÂda Walqui, Leo van Lier

ISBN 10: 0914409751 / ISBN 13: 9780914409755

Published by WestEd, 2010

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Synopsis:

Scaffolding the Academic Success of Adolescent English Language Learners Too often, the needs of English language learners are met with simplified curriculum and lowered expectations. What would happen if instead classrooms were organized to honor the promise of these students by increasing rather than decreasing the intellectual challenge of instruction, by increasing the support such challenge requires, and by increasing students' active engagement with their own lea... Full description

From the Back Cover: This book is the result of a decade-long effort, in such school districts as New York City, Austin, and San Diego, to implement challenging instruction specifically in classrooms that include English learners.
Classroom vignettes, transcripts of student interactions, and detailed examples of intellectually engaging lessons provide a concrete picture of the instructional approach developed by the Quality Teaching for English Learners (QTEL) initiative.
Underlying the QTEL approach and giving it coherence and power are three strands of instructional theory - sociocultural learning theory, sociolinguistics, and cognitive psychology. Through clear and frequently wry examples, readers also learn just what these theories have to offer the classroom teacher, in particular the teacher of English learners.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Scaffolding the Academic Success of ...
Publisher: WestEd
Publication Date: 2010
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good