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The Balanced Literacy Diet.
Willows, Dale – School Administrator, 2002
Describes professional development program in Ontario school district to improve student reading and writing skills. Program used food-pyramid concepts to help teacher learn to provide a balanced and flexible approach to literacy instruction based on student needs. (PKP)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Phonics, Professional Development, Reading Instruction
TAWL Teachers Reach for Self-Help.
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Salzer, Richard T. – Educational Leadership, 1991
The Whole Language Movement may be the most widespread and fastest growing grassroots curriculum trend in U.S. education. Although a few Teachers Applying Whole Language (TAWL) groups are affiliated with school systems, the majority are supported entirely by teachers from different school districts meeting together voluntarily to advance their own…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Coping, Elementary Secondary Education, Professional Development
Teachers! A Support Group Needs You!
Watson, Dorothy J.; Bixby, Mary – Teaching Pre K-8, 1994
Describes three teacher support groups, activities of which provide teachers with support in defining, implementing, and preserving programs that use whole-language methods, and are meaning centered and student focused. Also provides suggestions on starting a teacher support group. (BB)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Faculty Development
Literacy Instruction in Australian Primary Schools.
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van Kraayenoord, Christina E.; Paris, Scott G. – Reading Teacher, 1994
Describes current literacy practices in Australia and the history of influential approaches to literacy instruction. Discusses the unique contexts of professional development and practice that may make Australian approaches to literacy different from whole-language movements in American schools. (SR)
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Practices, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Preparing Teachers of Literacy.
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Armbruster, Bonnie; And Others – Educational Leadership, 1991
Faculty members of the University of Illinois' College of Education and teachers in the Urbana School District are collaborating to improve elementary teacher education. Key elements of the program's Language and Literacy block are its integrated, holistic approach to language instruction and reliance on classroom videotapings to improve student…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary Education, Feedback, Literacy
Four Steps toward Literature-Based Reading.
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Frew, Andrew W. – Journal of Reading, 1990
Outlines a descriptive (not prescriptive) approach for the creation of a literature-based reading curriculum. Describes the 4 steps (behaving with basals, redefining reading, revving up for reading, and letting literature loose) that took the author 14 years of teaching to complete. Argues that literature-based reading programs are fun, enjoyable,…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Junior High Schools, Literature Appreciation, Middle Schools
State Association Activities.
Bennett, Priscilla – School Library Media Annual (SLMA), 1992
Presents information on state school library association activities and concerns, including state conferences, sometimes with joint sponsorship; a continued emphasis on the "Information Power" guidelines; teleconferences; whole language; multiculturalism; literacy; professional development; lobbying efforts; networking; publications;…
Descriptors: Conferences, Cultural Pluralism, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers