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Leland, Christine H.; Harste, Jerome C. – Language Arts, 1994
Discusses what happens when students and teachers are encouraged to use multiple ways of knowing in mediating their experiences with the world. Suggests that a good language arts program expands the communication potential of all learners through the orchestration and use of multiple ways of knowing for purposes of ongoing interpretation and…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Curriculum Development, Definitions, Elementary Education

Pahl, Michele M.; Monson, Robert J. – Journal of Reading, 1992
Suggests ways that transactional learning can be reflected in staff development practices. Addresses issues raised during attempts to implement a whole-language staff development program. Contends that what unites whole-language teachers is a unique but common orientation toward instruction and curriculum and that this orientation can be reflected…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Elementary Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Stanek, Lou Willett – School Library Journal, 1993
Discussion of the whole-language curriculum philosophy focuses on the need for cooperation between librarians and teachers. The need for adequate teacher training is discussed, curriculum planning is considered, negative marketing tactics of publishers are described, and suggestions for successful programs are offered. (12 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Marketing, Publishing Industry

Harste, Jerome C.; Manning, Andrew – Talking Points, 2001
Traces the evolution of the first author's philosophy and practice to show how progressive educational practices have come to challenge cultural norms. Discusses multiple literacies, making whole language critical, learners and the real world as curricular informants, interrupting normativity through literature and the arts, and being critical and…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Curriculum Development, Educational Practices, Elementary Education
Olds, Henry F., Jr. – Writing Notebook: Creative Word Processing in the Classroom, 1992
Discusses the need for fundamental restructuring of language arts instruction. Discusses the benefits of the whole-language approach and the current problems with testing, use of instructional time, and the lack of teacher support. (PRA)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education

Gupta, Amita – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2001
Examines an initiative to introduce a multicultural- and whole-language-based early childhood curriculum in a private school in New Delhi, India. Considers the planning of the change from traditional education; the creation of an activity room for free play; parental responses to the new program; and factors that facilitated the change process.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Early Childhood Education, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
Smith, Joe M.; Teepe, Heidi, R. – Principal, 1996
Principals can successfully implement whole language reading programs if they educate staff and parents; engage in effective, inclusive long-range planning; encourage sharing among teachers; incorporate flexibility and experimentation in program development; and create an appropriate program evaluation system. Staff involvement is the key to…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Guidelines, Planning

Smith, Karen – New Advocate, 1997
Reviews the recent history of children's literature and its role in elementary classrooms. Looks ahead to what might happen next. (TB)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational History

Lamme, Linda Leonard; Lee, Pam – Childhood Education, 1990
In this interview with a Florida kindergarten teacher, the whole language philosophy is used to help elementary students learn skills through ongoing reading and writing activities. Thematic units are used to encourage teacher facilitation and peer teaching. (DG)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Dramatic Play, Early Childhood Education, Grade 1

Rickert, Colleen – Journal of Reading, 1990
Describes a Coordinators Applying Whole Language (CAWL) group that provides a way for reading coordinators in a number of school districts in a metropolitan area to support each other. Argues that reading supervisors can influence classroom reading and writing instruction among local school districts. (RS)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Consultants

Prillaman, Susan – North Carolina Libraries, 1992
Examines the evolution of the Whole Language curriculum, its current theory and practices, and its effect on the school library media center. The similarity between Whole Language and the Montessori approach to literacy is discussed, and the role of the media specialist in a Whole Language library media center is described. (31 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Library Role

Raines, Shirley C. – Childhood Education, 1991
Reviews (1) A Middle School Curriculum from Rhetoric to Reality, by James A. Beane; (2) Enquiring Teachers, Enquiring Learners, by Catherine Twomey Fosnet; (3) How Children Construct Literacy, Yetta M. Goodman, ed.; (4) The New Literacy, by John Willinsky; and (5) The Everyday Guide to Opening and Operating a Child Care Center, by Daniel F.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education
Ramsay, John G. – Riverbank Review, 1999
Explains how an experienced teacher is trying to incorporate Houghton Mifflin's new reading series, "Invitations to Literacy", into her elementary school classes. Discusses reasons for a standardized reading program, including high student mobility, younger less-experienced teachers, and a lack of accountability; and considers whole…
Descriptors: Accountability, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Literacy

Huber, Richard A.; Walker, Brad – Science Educator, 1992
Compares whole language and process-oriented science and discusses the similarities between them. (KHR)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Strategies

MacInnis, Carole; Hemming, Heather – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1995
This article presents the whole-language approach as an environment that is particularly suitable for students with learning disabilities. This approach can allow students control over their learning, encourages them to experiment and take risks in their learning, promotes self-monitoring strategies, and enhances memory. (SW)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Generalization, Language Arts