{"product_id":"imagination-and-literacy-a-teachers-search-for-the-heart-of-learning-paperback","title":"Imagination and Literacy: A Teacher's Search for the Heart of Learning - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKaren Gallas\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSusan L. Lytle\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMarilyn Cochran-Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her newest book, teacher researcher and bestselling author Karen Gallas carefully investigates imagination in the classroom to understand its function in literacy learning. Using rich examples from her elementary classrooms, she proposes that imagination is a central, but untapped, component of learning across all subject areas--language arts, science, social studies, and math. Getting to the heart of a theme that has been a strong undercurrent in her previous books, Gallas examines: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e The changes to teaching that occur when imagination is placed at the center of the learning process.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e How students naturally use imagination to further their own learning.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Three key areas of literacy learning--identity, discourse acquisition, and authoring--to develop a new conception of the teacher's role in the literacy classroom.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e A theoretical framework for literacy learning that crosses subject areas and grade levels, including examples of student dialog, writing, artwork, and classroom projects.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e A long-term teacher research study, demonstrating how it reshaped a teacher's practice.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eKaren Gallas\u003c\/strong\u003e is an early childhood and elementary teacher with more than 30 years of experience in urban and rural public schools. She has published three books, \u003cem\u003eThe Languages of Learning, Talking Their Way Into Science\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003e\"Sometimes I Can Be Anything,\"\u003c\/em\u003e all by Teachers College Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 181\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 9 x 6.16 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 28, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42155642224775,"sku":"9780807744055","price":59.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/5c7f4eacc6e752903b600f3c1ace255a.webp?v=1733237647","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/imagination-and-literacy-a-teachers-search-for-the-heart-of-learning-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}