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Root, Jane H. – Teacher, 1977
Correct speech usage and good reading skills are the most important tools an individual can ever acquire. Every child deserves a chance to gain them through thoughtful, expert teaching. (Author)
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
Peer reviewedKoeller, S. A. – Children's Literature in Education, 1988
Argues against ritualized approaches to literature. Endorses four aesthetic teaching stances which vary the conversations that can occur between student and student, student and teacher, and student and literature, and which pursue a "playful" literature curriculum, value the unexpected, and allow conversations where children talk their…
Descriptors: Child Development, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Intellectual Development
