A Reason to Read bookcover

A Reason to Read

Linking Literacy and the Arts

Eileen Landay 

(Author)

Kurt Wootton 

(Author)

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Description

A Reason to Read is the culminating work of the ArtsLiteracy Project, an ambitious and wide-ranging collaborative that aims to promote literacy through rich and sustained instruction in the arts.

At the heart of the book is the "Performance Cycle," a flexible framework for curriculum and lesson planning that can be adapted to all content areas and age groups. Each of the book's main chapters delineates and explores a particular component of the cycle.

A practical, readable, and inspiring book, A Reason to Read will be of immeasurable help to school teachers, education leaders, and all who have a stake in promoting literacy and the arts in today's schools.

Product Details

PublisherHarvard Education PR
Publish DateSeptember 01, 2012
Pages264
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconPaperback / softback
EAN/UPC9781612504605
Dimensions8.9 X 6.0 X 0.6 inches | 0.8 pounds

About the Author

Eileen Landay is cofounder and codirector of the ArtsLiteracy Project. She is a former Clinical Professor of English Education at Brown University and director of Brown's MAT Program in English Education.
Kurt Wootton is cofounder and codirector of the ArtsLiteracy Project. He leads ArtsLiteracy initiatives in the United States, Brazil, and Mexico, and is director of Habla, a lab school in Merida, Mexico.

Reviews

"A Reason to Read makes a major contribution to the field of education through the arts thanks to the authors' ability to create a theory of practice and to offer a concrete and replicable framework for educators who want to pursue this route." -- Ofra Arieli Backenroth, Teachers College Record
"Every once in awhile we need to read a book that invigorates our creativity. Landay and Wootton's book is for professional development. It will give those who work with children of all ages some very important and useful tools to make learning fun." -- Louise, The Nonfiction Detectives

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