Language Arts is a professional journal for elementary and middle school teachers and teacher educators. It provides a forum for discussions on all aspects of language arts learning and teaching, primarily as they relate to children in pre-kindergarten through the eighth grade. Issues discuss both theory and classroom practice, highlight current research, and review children's and young adolescent literature, as well as classroom and professional materials of interest to language arts educators. (Published September, November, January, March, May, and July)
Editors:
Peggy Albers, Caitlin Dooley, Amy Seely Flint, Teri Holbrook, and Laura May
Georgia State University, Atlanta
Contact: langartsgsu@gmail.com
Read the latest issue . . . May 2012 (Theme: History of the Word, Part I: Centennial Issue)
"The instructional practices we use . . . have histories of their own. This history influences not only the practices themselves, but the ways in which we each engage with and enact these practices in our classrooms. Understanding this past allows us to step back and see ourselves and our teaching as residing within a larger story. Through such knowledge, we are better equipped to critically reflect on our own individual instructional stories and make purposeful decisions when planning for future instruction.
(“A Tale of 3 P’s—Penmanship, Product, and Process: 100 Years of Elementary Writing Instruction” by Lisa K. Hawkins and Abu Bakar Razali, p. 305)
Recent Themes
March 2012:
Professional Development in the Age of Nick.com
January 2012:
Writing the Image, Writing the World
November 2011:
Beyond PowerPoints and Scavenger Hunts
September 2011:
Shaping Early Literacy Policy and Practice
July 2011:
Inquiries and Insights
May 2011:
Stories of Achievement
March 2011:
Remaking Literacies across Time and Place
January 2011:
The Rights of Readers
November 2010:
From the Beginning . . .
September 2010:
Language Arts in a 2.0 World
July 2010:
Inquiries and Insights