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Deborah Vriend Van Duinen; Erica R. Hamilton – Teachers College Press, 2024
Drawing on an asset-based approach to adolescents and their literacy practices, this book is a powerful resource for secondary teachers across all content areas. The authors encourage a "widened lens" approach that considers varied perspectives and research findings when engaging in multiple and often competing initiatives, issues, and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Teacher Education Programs, Multiple Literacies, Literacy
Flurkey, Alan D., Ed.; Meyer, Richard J., Ed. – 1994
Originally presented at the second annual Whole Language Umbrella Conference, the 18 essays in this book address the three related themes of identity, responsibility, and practice. The essays in the book discuss how whole language is defined, and how its practitioners come to define themselves; how whole language teachers act upon their identities…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Literacy, Multicultural Education
McCord, Sue – 1995
Emphasizing the significance and delight of using storybooks as a means of entering the world of children, this book looks at the relationship between play and child development, the use of stories to foster genuine human relationships, and the creation of meaningful environments, curriculum, and materials derived from the themes and concepts…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Emergent Literacy, Literacy, Parent Participation
Smith, Carl B., Comp. – 1994
This book presents a debate between "reasonable" educators who either claim that there is evidence for the effectiveness of whole language, or who challenge the claim that whole language works across the broad spectrum of learners. The book presents the debate in the form of formal debate resolutions, opening "statements,"…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Debate, Educational Research, Elementary Education
Weaver, Constance, Ed. – 1998
This collection reflects the stance that a truly balanced approach to reading instruction will focus not only on reading but on literacy; integrate language and literacy across disciplines; attend to reading, writing, and other skills and strategies in context; and reflect a coherent integration of as broad a research base as possible. Following a…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Elementary Education, Integrated Activities, Literacy
Cordeiro, Pat, Ed.; And Others – 1995
Exploring what it means for teachers to generate curriculum with their students and to share the responsibility and joys of deciding what and how students learn, this book describes teachers' own experiences in generating curriculum that integrates social studies, literacy, and whole language. The book presents practical ideas that teachers across…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Integrated Curriculum
Krashen, Stephen D. – 1999
This book seeks to set the record straight about today's "reading wars," and analyzes the three major "battle cries" of whole language critics. In a step-by-step dissection, the book reiterates the three arguments, then explores the most salient studies that support or refute them. According to the book, the three claims are:…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Elementary Education, Language Experience Approach, Literacy
Robinson, Richard D., Ed.; And Others – 1996
Developed with practicing teachers in mind, this book presents reprints of 22 articles and excerpts from longer works that deal with the most significant trends and issues facing literacy educators--whole language, phonics, literacy materials, emergent literacy, spelling, assessment, content literacy, vocabulary instruction, national standards,…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Educational Technology, Elementary Education, Emergent Literacy
Raphael, Taffy E., Ed.; Au, Kathryn H., Ed. – 1998
Making a case for the value of literature-based instruction, this book presents an overview of the extensive knowledge base supporting literature-based approaches to literacy instruction. It notes that literature-based instruction goes beyond simply changing the kinds of texts children read--also required in literature-based instruction are an…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Literacy
Whitmore, Kathryn F.; Crowell, Caryl G. – 1994
This book is based on research conducted in a bilingual, (Spanish and English) working-class neighborhood third-grade classroom. It is a qualitative, ethnographic study of the classroom as a system that uses exemplary teaching to show how whole language learning can be explained as a tension between personal invention and social convention. The…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Development
Lehr, Fran, Ed.; Osborn, Jean, Ed. – 1994
Noting that reading instruction in the last years of the 20th century is still characterized by controversy, this book presents 18 essays that examine the best available research evidence about what is known--and what needs to be learned--about the teaching of reading and how children learn to read. Topics of the essays include whole language,…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Family Influence, Literacy
Cecil, Nancy Lee – 1993
This book describes a whole language program that has as its ultimate goal the creation of students who read competently, critically, and joyfully, far beyond the classroom door. The book urges teachers to move beyond the skills-based approach and to embrace a philosophy that begins with the heart--rather than the head--of the learner. The book…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Classroom Environment, Elementary Education, Emergent Literacy
Language and Literacy in Early Childhood Education. Yearbook in Early Childhood Education, Volume 4.
Spodek, Bernard, Ed.; Saracho, Olivia N., Ed. – 1993
As classrooms have become more culturally and linguistically diversified, the theories and methods of teaching reading to young children have changed. Early childhood educators must explore new methods of instruction in order to involve and expand the language abilities of young children and must provide engaging activities that will create more…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Classroom Design, Early Childhood Education, Emergent Literacy
Sturtevant, Elizabeth G., Ed.; Linek, Wayne M., Ed. – 1994
This 1994 yearbook presents 24 papers and a summary of the dissertation award winner "Overcoming Misconceptions about Science Beliefs" (G. Qian). Papers are: "The Roots of Reading: Preserving the Heritage of a Profession" (N. A. Stahl and others; "CRA Professional Programs and Progress: A Personal Twenty-Five Year Perspective" (James E. Walker);…
Descriptors: Adults, Classroom Research, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
de Lemos, Marion – ACER Press (Australian Council for Educational Research), 2002
The purpose of this review is to present an overview of the research literature relating to the acquisition of literacy. Its focus is on empirical studies that identify the processes underlying the acquisition of literacy, and the instructional strategies that are most effective in developing effective literacy. Its specific focus is on the…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Foreign Countries, Literacy, Teaching Methods
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