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21st Century Literacy: If We Are Scripted, Are We Literate?

21st Century Literacy: If We Are Scripted, Are We Literate?

Renita Schmidt

If We Are Scripted, Are We Literate? Renita Schmidt, Paul Lee Thomas. Chapter. 6. How. School. Works: Raise. Your. Hands. When. You. Want. to. Learn. Renita Schmidt Ask any child you know how students are supposed to act in school and  ...
Playing Their Way into Literacies: Reading, Writing, and ...

Playing Their Way into Literacies: Reading, Writing, and ...

Karen E. Wohlwend

... Literacy, and Culture program. I amvery grateful for colleaguesand friendswholistened and respondedtoearly imaginings and writings ofthis book, and encouraged meto continue:my “academic siblings” Renita Schmidt and Lori NortonMeier ...
The New Politics of the Textbook: Critical Analysis in the ...

The New Politics of the Textbook: Critical Analysis in the ...

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(Springer, 2009) co-authored with Renita Schmidt. He maintains a blog addressing the role of poverty in education: http://livinglearninginpoverty.blogspot .com/. His teaching and scholarship focus on literacy and the impact of poverty on  ...
Ignoring Poverty in the U.S.: The Corporate Takeover of ...

Ignoring Poverty in the U.S.: The Corporate Takeover of ...

P. L. Thomas

(Springer, 2009), co-authored with Renita Schmidt. He has also published books on Barbara Kingsolver, Kurt Vonnegut, Margaret Atwood, and Ralph Ellison. His scholarly work includes dozens of works in major journals—English Journal, ...
From Generation to Generation: A Commemorative Collection of ...

From Generation to Generation: A Commemorative Collection of ...

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I don't want to put on Vashti McKenzie or Jasmin Sculark or Renita Weems. I love them, but I want to put on Jesus! For façades, legalism, tradition, and politics are unflattering and unappealing. I'm sure the Pharisees had on the finest garments ...
Speaking of Fourth Grade: What Listening to Kids Tells Us ...

Speaking of Fourth Grade: What Listening to Kids Tells Us ...

Inda

Sorting, managing, monitoring, and testing the reading done by children has proved to be very profitable. Renita Schmidt, a former fourth-grade teacher, analyzed in the jour- nal Language Arts the effects of A.R. in the classroom. Back in 2008 ...
Fantasy Literature: Challenging Genres

Fantasy Literature: Challenging Genres

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... Virginia Commonwealth University Sean P. Connors, University of Arkansas Jeanne Gerlach, University of Texas-Arlington Renita Schmidt, Furman University Karen Stein, University of Rhode Island Shirley Steinberg, University of Calgary;  ...
Whose Knowledge Counts in Government Literacy Policies?: Why ...

Whose Knowledge Counts in Government Literacy Policies?: Why ...

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—Renita Schmidt,The University ofIowa,USA Accountability,in theform of standardized test scores, isbuilt into government literacy policies around the world, with severe consequences forpublic schools and districts thatfailto meet ...
Critical Foundations in Young Adult Literature: Challenging ...

Critical Foundations in Young Adult Literature: Challenging ...

Antero Garcia

... Furman University, Greenville, USA Editorial Board: Leila Christenbury, Virginia Commonwealth University Jeanne Gerlach, University of Texas-Arlington Ken Lindblom, Stony Brook University Renita Schmidt, Furman University Karen Stein ...
Who's who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges

Who's who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges

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... Karen ReNita Kennedy, Robert Richard Lewis, Eric David McGill, David Michael Norfleet, Kenneth Anthony Overley, ... Sarah Willis, Adrienne Courtney Schnabel, Eileen Kay Stejskal, Lynn Marie Syring, David Michael Topor, Robert Scot ...
Image and Emotion in Voter Decisions: The Affect Agenda

Image and Emotion in Voter Decisions: The Affect Agenda

Renita Coleman

Weaver, David, Doris Graber, Maxwell McCombs, and Chaim Eyal. Media Agenda Setting in a Presidential Election: Issues, Images and Interest. New York: Praeger, 1981. Winter, James P., and Chaim Eyal. “Agenda Setting for the Civil Rights ...

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