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Baumann, James F.; Ro, Jennifer Moon; Duffy-Hester, Ann M.; Hoffman, James V. – Reading Research and Instruction, 2000
Investigates how the perspectives of today's Leaders compare to the views of prominent Reading Specialists of the past by: (1) comparing how Specialists and Leaders addressed the three major themes of neo-traditional instruction, fadism and ideological debates, and professional development; and (2) noting issues ignored or downplayed by both…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Language Experience Approach, Professional Development, Professional Personnel
Veatch, Jeannette – 1991
Since the rise of the whole language movement, Sylvia Ashton-Warner's key vocabulary, individualized reading, and experience charts have been notable for their omission from the many books available on whole language. Whole language strength is notable in at least four major areas: (1) its learner-centeredness; (2) its scorn of commercial…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Research, Educational Trends, Elementary Education
Pomerance, Anita – 1990
A pilot tutor training project, the Student-Tutor Orientation (STO), was designed to meet the need for making whole-language concepts of reading and writing instruction accessible to tutors as well as students through hands-on experience and for establishing a collaborative tutoring relationship in which students share in decision making.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Language Experience Approach, Literacy Education
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Johns, Kenneth M.; Espinoza, Connie – 1992
This guide, designed for regular classroom teachers in whose mainstream classes language-minority children are enrolled, offers background information and suggestions for helping these students become proficient in English reading and writing and for involving them as resources for global and cultural awareness in majority-language classmates. The…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Communication Problems, Cooperative Learning