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Peer reviewedGrindler, Martha; Stratton, Beverly – Ohio Reading Teacher, 1991
Discusses the part reading and writing play in the whole language approach. Offers 11 recommendations to help teachers provide a functional approach to language development. (MG)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Reading Instruction, Reading Processes
Download full textKiefer, Barbara, Comp. – 1990
This book is a collection of articles originally printed in "Language Arts," the membership journal of the elementary section of the National Council of Teachers of English. The book responds to the thousands of teachers looking for ways to incorporate student-centered, collaborative learning strategies into their classrooms. The…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Literature Appreciation
O'Keefe, Tim – Instructor, 1992
Presents an excerpt from the journal of a second grade teacher who reflected on the daily challenges and possibilities of learning in a child-centered, meaning-based classroom free of workbooks and standardized testing; an interview with author Nancie Atwell, a language specialist and veteran teacher; and suggestions for books and journals. (SM)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Learning, Creative Teaching, Elementary Education
Watson, Dorothy J. – 1990
Whole language has to do with beliefs about language and learners that lead to beliefs about curriculum and instructional procedures. The term emerged as a label for the way language is thought to be learned: as a cohesive organization of systems working together as one--as a whole. The term whole language also refers to the learner as being…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Critical Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education
McCarthy, William G., Ed.; And Others – 1989
The purpose of this booklet is to disseminate theoretical ideas and practical strategies concerning whole language so that learning for children and practice for teaching may be enlightened and improved. Chapters include: "Whole Language Learning" (William McCarthy and Alicia Sutton); "Planning the Program and Organizing the Classroom" (Marilyn…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education
De Carlo, Julia E. – 1995
Written to focus attention on the emerging philosophy and practice of whole language, this book serves as a "portfolio" for the graduate or undergraduate student who is interested in pursuing ideas, considering issues, and thinking about problems related to whole language. The 48 selected articles from 24 major education journals presented in the…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Classroom Techniques, Definitions, Elementary Education
Talbot, Virginia – 1997
Designed to offer a balanced instructional approach for language arts, this book combines a systematic phonics program with whole language. It teaches reading skills by using the children's own language, basal readers, poems, and songs, and by emphasizing writing, spelling, listening, and speaking skills. The book includes daily lesson plans,…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Language Arts, Lesson Plans
Hennings, Dorothy Grant – 1997
Suggesting that teachers must develop a philosophy of language arts instruction to guide their teaching, this book provides teachers in language arts or combined language arts and reading courses with the knowledge base and practical ideas they need to plan and implement a literature-based language arts program in which children are actively…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Education, Grammar
Leu, Donald J.; Kinzer, Charles K. – 1995
Developed as the basic text for preservice teachers in an elementary reading methods course, this book aims to develop insightful teachers empowered to make logical reflective decisions about reading instruction. The book is an integrative text, based on the assumption that effective teachers of reading must understand both what to do during…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Classroom Techniques, Computer Uses in Education, Decoding (Reading)
Daise, Leslie – 1994
The whole language approach to reading instruction emphasizes a literature-based program rather than the traditional skills-related approach. The principles and practices of whole language have engendered both educational and political debate for the following reasons: whole language challenges the traditional educational power arrangement, giving…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style
