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For educators individually and collectively who aspire to implement a curriculum based on intellectual quality, Pauline Gibbons book provides inspiration and guidance. The wealth of classroom examples based on actual practice convincingly refutes the argument, reflected in current polices, that EL and low-income students are incapable of benefiting from an intellectually challenging, inquiry-based curriculum. Jim Cummins University of Toronto
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English Learners, Academic Literacy, and Thinking: Learning in the Challenge Zone
#1 by Second Language Reader on February 2, 2010 - 3:43 am
Pauline gibbons books are informative and clear. If you are familiar with her work you will find some repeated fom previous work, but it doesn’t matter,. Gibbbons’ books are written with ‘inside knowledge’ of what ELLs need very specifically.
Rating: 4 / 5