Beliefs About Text and Instruction With Text

Erscheinungsjahr 1994
ISBN: 978-0-8058-1427-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 344 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 496 g

Every day in classrooms, teachers and students think about and with text. Their beliefs about what text is, who created it, and how to evaluate it are an influence, often a profoundly important one, on how they use text. This book brings together research on epistemology, belief systems, teacher beliefs, and text -- research that is usually presented separately, and in different disciplines. The editors illustrate what a cross-disciplinary body of work looks like, what varied insights are possible, and when the central concerns are beliefs and text.

Written by respected researchers in the fields of psychology and education, the chapters are clustered thematically into three sections:

* childrens' and adults' beliefs about text.
* beliefs about what should be taught and how particular content should be taught and assessed in classrooms.
* commentary on knowing versus believing, on the literatures that inform this body of work, and on belief systems.

The first to address this important topic in a single volume, this book provides an essential synthesis of current research in an active area of inquiry. The chapters are pieces framed in a time and place with particular intentions -- one of those intentions is that they separately and as a whole stimulate discussion about beliefs and text.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Garner, Ruth

Alexander, Patricia A.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Methoden des Lehrens und Lernens
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Soziolinguistik
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Sprachsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents: J.P. Williams, Foreword: The Importance of Examining Beliefs About Text. Preface. Part I:Children's, Adolescents', and Adults' Beliefs About Text. R. Horowitz, Adolescent Beliefs About Oral and Written Language. M. Schommer, An Emerging Conceptualization of Epistemological Beliefs and Their Role in Learning. S.B. Nolen, N. Johnson-Crowley, S.S. Wineburg, Who Is This "I" Person, Anyway? The Presence of a Visible Author in Statistical Text. R. Garner, R. Hansis, Literacy Practices Outside of School: Adults' Beliefs and Their Responses to "Street Texts." M.J. Chambliss, Why Do Readers Fail to Change Their Beliefs After Reading Persuasive Text? Part II:Teachers' Beliefs About Text and Instruction With Text. P.L. Peterson, Research Studies as Texts: Sites for Exploring the Beliefs and Learning of Researchers and Teachers. E. Hutton, J. Spiesman, V. Bott, Emerging Epistemologies of Text: Learning to Treat Texts as Human Creations in a "Writing Classroom." P.L. Anders, K.S. Evans, Relationship Between Teachers' Beliefs and Their Instructional Practice in Reading. H. Borko, K.H. Davinroy, M.D. Flory, E.H. Hiebert, Teachers' Knowledge and Beliefs About Summary as a Component of Reading. D.E. Alvermann, M. Commeyras, Gender, Text, and Discussion: Expanding the Possibilities. M.G. Gillingham, M.F. Young, J.M. Kulikowich, Do Teachers Consider Nonlinear Text to Be Text? Part III:Issues in Research on Beliefs About Text. P.A. Alexander, F.J.R.C. Dochy, Adults' Views About Knowing and Believing. J.A. Dole, G.M. Sinatra, Social Psychology Research on Beliefs and Attitudes: Implications for Research on Learning from Text. S. Wade, A. Thompson, W. Watkins, The Role of Belief Systems in Authors' and Readers' Constructions of Texts. C.E. Weinstein, A Look to the Future: What We Might Learn From Research on Beliefs.

Über Autor(innen)

Ruth Garner, Patricia A. Alexander