Schools & Ecosystems – Socio-ecological perspectives on education
Description: Musings about language and literacy and learning
Musings about language and literacy and learning
We know that the explicit teaching of unfamiliar words that students will encounter in written text is important. But what about the language that is used by teachers throughout the school day? What implicit learning opportunities are constrained or afforded through the model of the language that a teacher uses while teaching, and what are the impacts on student learning?
This post was written back in 2015 and was originally available on VIVA Teachers and EdPost, but it looks like it's no longer on either. I'm re-posting here for nostalgia and posterity.
Schools & Ecosystems – Socio-ecological perspectives on education