Reviews for Education and National Character (1908)

The average rating for Education and National Character (1908) based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-07-14 00:00:00 John Thompson While this book does offer the same strategies as the other text ("50 Instructional Routines to Develop Content Literacy" also by Fisher); I liked the layout and format of the other text for a few reasons: (1) It was linearly organized and easy to follow with the set-up and assistance offered in text. (How to use it, when to use it, etc...) (2) While this text does offer more content area examples for individual strategies, I worry that novice teachers will feel "cornered" into use the strategy as it's listed rather than mulling over a possible strategy and how it could work. (3) The lay out of the first book was very easy to follow. I could look up the strategy, flip to the page, and that was the only item in that section. Here, the strategies are embedded in the chapters and aren't as easy to search for within the text. (Although, to be fair, there's not much involved in each chapter so it's not overwhelming).

Review # 2 was written on 2017-05-23 00:00:00 Sebastien Laporte Improving Adolescent Literacy is a great resource for educators to incorporate interdisciplinary strategies into lesson plans and daily instruction. Fisher focuses on topics ranging from assessments, comprehension, questioning, building upon background knowledge, classroom discussions, etc. The book is filled with examples across disciplines and strategies for implementation in the classroom. A great resource for differentiating learning and providing students various opportunities to engage with their peers.