Telling a Different Story: Teaching and Literacy in a Urban Preschool

by Catherine S. Wilson

Book Overview

This clear, thought-provoking close study of teaching practices invites us into the classroom of a Head Start teacher and her assistant as they confront the challenges of early childhood education. Through classroom scenes and dialogue, Catherine Wilson explores the role that reading to children plays in an early childhood program. Drawing on the recent knowledge base on childhood literacy, Wilson looks forward, highlighting and discussing a new...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807738980
• ISBN13: 9780807738986
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 8.9"