Bently, Tom.
Learning beyond the Classroom
. London and New York, Routledge, 1998. Tom Bentley argues that if education is to meet the emerging challenges of the twentieth century, we must recognize that learning takes place far beyond the formal setting.
Blatchford, Iram and Priscilla, Clarke.
Supporting Identity, Diversity and Language in the Early Years
. Philadelphia: Buckingham, 2000. This book touches upon how important it is to expose children to a wide variety of learning experiences during the early stages of development.
Brand, Alice.
Therapy in Writing
. New York: Lexington Books, 1980. This book takes a week-by-week approach, which, lays out lessons that are helpful and useful in a classroom setting. Students are examined on their own writing ability through out the book.
DeRoche F.Edward.
Educating Hearts and Minds
. New York: Corwin Press, Inc, 1998. This book takes a look at the school as a community. The school community is looked at as a whole that can change the performance of the students.
Elbow, Peter.
Everyone Can Write: Essays toward a Hopeful Theory of Writing and Teaching Writing.
New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. This book takes an easy approach to the art of writing. Although not geared towards elementary school children the ideas presented in the book were on a whole worthwhile.
Elbow, Peter. Landmark
Essays on Voice and Writing
. Davis, California: Hermagoras Press, 1994. The voice is the focus of the book as a whole. Working towards allowing the children to open up by writing their own experiences.
Halaby Mona, H..
Belonging
. New York Brookline Books 2000. A heart-felt book that looks at a life of a schoolteacher who uses meeting times to touch her students.
Kitson, Neil.
Teaching in the Primary School
. New York : Routledge, 1997. This book focuses on the Primary teaching atmosphere. Giving ideas on how a teacher can incorporate all the aspects of teaching.
Lamme, Linda.
Growing Up Writing
. New York Colortone Press, 1984. Writing is an art form a lot of children grow up with. In this book ways in which a parent and teacher can incorporate writing in everyday life are touched upon.
Linston, Daniel.
Teacher Education and the Social Conditions of Schooling.
New York: Routledge, 1991. Tests are not the only factors in a child’s learning environment. The social conditions of a school setting can play a big role in the education of our children. This book touches upon just that.
Mariconda, Barbara.
The Most Wonderful Writing Lessons Ever.
New York: Scholastic, 1999. This book has everything a teacher needs to teach the essential elements and magic of wonderful writing.
Moffett.
A Students Centered Handbook
. New York, 1890. This book consists of a five-point guideline that will help teachers understand the role they play in the students writing experience.
Pappas, Christine.
Teachers in Literacy Teaching-Learning
. London: Erlbaum Associates, Inc., 2001. Students are not the only people learning during a school day. In this book teachers are learning along with their students.
