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Powell, Debbie; Hornsby, David – 1993
Clarifying the place of phonics and spelling in a whole language program, this book presents classroom-tested strategies, models, and activities to help students make graphophonic connections, giving them the tools they need to become confident, lifelong readers and writers. Chapters in the book are: (1) Phonics and Spelling in Perspective; (2)…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Education, Phonics, Reading Instruction
Morretta, Teresa M.; Ambrosini, Michelle – 2000
Embracing aspects of both whole language and explicit instruction, this book discusses the creation of dynamic learning environments in which students discuss books, write for authentic audiences, and become published authors. Chapter 1 defines explicit instruction and whole language and discusses a combination approach, and it also includes a…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Middle School Students, Middle Schools, Reading Instruction
Rawlins, Jack – 1987
Intended for college students and other writers, this book contains a detailed, step-by-step description of the writing process, from prewriting and brainstorming to polishing the mechanics of a final draft. The book is divided into five major sections. Part 1 is a broad introduction to the natural language attitude toward learning to write. Part…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Whole Language Approach, Word Processing, Writing Ability
Moen, Christine Boardman – 1991
This book employs a whole language-critical thinking approach to teaching reading, writing, listening, speaking, and thinking using Caldecott books (with their story-enhancing illustrations) as the literature base. The book uses 15 Caldecott books to model specific instructional strategies, critical thinking strategies, and extended language…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Critical Thinking, Elementary Education
Dudley-Marling, Curt, Ed.; Searle, Dennis, Ed. – 1995
Noting that current theory and practice in literacy education emphasizes the importance of student independence, autonomy, and choice (commonly referred to as "ownership"), this book presents 14 essays that discuss what ownership means and how teachers can encourage students to take responsibility for their learning. Although student…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Educational Change, Elementary Education, Ownership
Mullin, Joan A., Ed.; Wallace, Ray, Ed. – 1994
The 15 essays in this book reveal the complexity of teaching writing, with some contributors calling into question the gap between classroom theory and classroom practice as seen through students' and tutors' perspectives. The book analyzes the cornerstone of theory and proposes a reexamination of some taken-for-granted composition practices.…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Discourse Communities, Higher Education, Individualized Instruction
Fields, Marjorie V.; Spangler, Katherine L. – 1995
Combining developmentally appropriate early childhood practice with current views of emergent literacy and whole language instruction, this book is designed to help pre-service and in-service teachers incorporate new views of literacy into their classrooms. The book includes extensive examples from actual classrooms to assist readers in…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Beginning Writing, Classroom Environment, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Keefe, Charlotte Hendrick – 1996
This book explains the whole language philosophy of learning to read and how it can be applied in special education classrooms to assist students with learning disabilities. Chapters address: (1) an overview of the whole language approach; (2) examples of how special education teachers use whole language to teach children with learning…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Inclusive Schools, Language Acquisition
Cambourne, Brian – 1988
Based on years of classroom observation, this book presents the thesis that powerful, critical, active, productive literacy can be achieved systematically, and regularly, with large numbers of the school population, if the principles currently known as the whole language approach are applied. The book is based on the assumptions that learning to…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Environment, Elementary Education, Emergent Literacy
Australian Council for Educational Research, Hawthorn. – 1990
Prepared by teachers for teachers, this practical classroom guide offers a process of monitoring language development and planning for development within a whole language framework, supported by a compendium of appropriate practice to be drawn on when needed. The guide (1) emphasizes the interdependence of reading, writing, talking, and listening;…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Course Organization, Foreign Countries
Au, Kathryn H.; And Others – 1995
This book shows elementary school teachers how to help students become confident readers and writers who can use skills they acquire throughout their lives, from a constructivist orientation. It is intended as a main text for an introductory course on elementary-school reading instruction, typically taken by undergraduates in their second or third…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Education, Emergent Literacy
Schwartz, Susan; Pollishuke, Mindy – 1991
This book provides practical implementation strategies for, and a clear outline of, the theory behind the child-centered classroom, a theory which involves an understanding of the concepts of whole language and active learning. It is hoped that teachers will use the ideas in the book to build their own beliefs and understandings, and to develop…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Design
Harste, Jerome C.; And Others – 1988
Intended for practitioners, this book presents a curricular framework for classroom reading and writing experiences that help students understand how reading and writing relate to reasoning and learning. The two sections of the book are organized around three major components of curriculum and how each component was realized in three Indiana…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Classroom Environment, Elementary Education, Instructional Innovation
Dixon-Krauss, Lisbeth, Ed. – 1996
Designed to help teachers think about, analyze, and make decisions on literacy instruction, this book provides the conceptual framework and methodology to put the ideas of Lev Vygotsky into practice for classroom literacy instruction. The book claims that Vygotsky's ideas provide a cohesive framework and an operational model that teachers can use…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education, Emergent Literacy
Weaver, Constance; And Others – 1990
Providing introduction to the whole language philosophy, this book aims to demonstrate that whole language is indeed good education. It outlines what kinds of research support whole language education, how a whole language philosophy may be carried out in practice, and how to go about implementing a whole language philosophy in a school or a…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Innovation, Educational Research
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