Teaching Social Studies to Multilingual Learners in Middle School: Connecting Inquiry and Visual Literacy to Promote Progressive Learning - Paperback
by Xiaoning Chen (Author), Mark Newman (Author)
Teaching Social Studies to Multilingual Learners in Middle School explores strategies for teaching social studies to learners from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. The book centers on a framework that integrates inquiry, primary source analysis, and visual literacy to provide a progressive learning sequence for students.
Xiaoning Chen is assistant professor of ESL/bilingual education at National College of Education, National Louis University. She has published articles and book chapters on multimodal analysis of visuals in science textbooks, translation issues in dual language children's literature, and visual literacy and English language learners. Her research focuses on leveraging visuals and visual literacy to provide equitable access to content for multilingual learners. She has directed the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Regional Grant to enhance multilingual students' engagement in STEM. Mark Newman is professor of social science education at National College of Education, National Louis University. He has published books and articles on primary sources, visual culture, geography, and visual literacy. He has directed the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources and National Endowment for the Humanities grants. Newman won the National Louis Distinguished Teaching Award in 2016.
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