Overcoming Barricades to Reading
A Multiple Intelligences Approach
May 2004 | 232 pages | Corwin
Applying current brain research, social-emotional findings, and the theory of multiple intelligences to traditional approaches to teaching reading, this exciting new resource helps teachers capitalize on the individual strengths of their students to unlock the door to literacy.
Overcoming Barricades to Reading includes:
· a complete exploration of the theory of multiple intelligences and how its application can improve reading and writing instruction
· practical diagrams, maps, and charts illustrating techniques that will improve comprehension and decoding skills
· helpful strategies for teaching English Language Learners to read.
Foreword
Preface
About the Author
1. Introduction
2. The Theory of Multiple Intelligences - A Vehicle for Learning
3. The Relationship of the Brain to Teaching Reading
4. The Process of Learning to Read
5. The Reading Process
6. Comprehension and Writing Skills
7. Structural Techniques That Assist Students in Improving Decoding, Comprehension and Writing Skills
8. Strategies for Integrating the Theory of Multiple Intelligences Into Teaching Reading
9. Teaching Reading to English Language Learners
10. Conclusions
References
“Sue Teele has provided a compelling challenge to the stultifying one-size-fits-all approach to the teaching of reading. Her book is a bold and worthy entry in this critical national educational debate.”
University of California, Riverside