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Goodman, Yetta M. – English Journal, 2011
The author's career in professional education is intertwined with the history of language arts education in the United States and the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). The author joined NCTE in the 1960s, though she was already teaching for about 10 years with a well-developed constructivist perspective on teaching and learning.…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Literacy Education, Constructivism (Learning), Teaching Methods
Raymond, Allen – Teaching PreK-8, 1995
Describes a weekly meeting of a collaborative elementary school teacher support group in Ohio. Triangular conferencing, which involves parent-teacher-student and is student-led, is the subject of the meeting. Also describes visits to elementary classrooms where new ways to teach reading and writing are implemented with input from Regie Routman,…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Language Arts, Parent Teacher Conferences, Staff Development
Kay, Andrew L.; Golden, Michael – Learning, 1991
Presents ideas on integrating science fiction into language arts, science, social studies, and math. Suggestions include an interstellar journey, imaginative language lessons, futuristic social studies, extraterrestrial life studies, intergalactic math, and science fiction story writing. (SM)
Descriptors: Creative Teaching, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Interdisciplinary Approach
Phillis, Debra L. – 1991
A teacher who had directed a K-12 language arts program at the Alamo Navajo Reservation in Magdalena, New Mexico employed problem-solving skills that involved the affective domain as well as the sensory-motor areas important to education even in older children. This teacher's classrooms are heterogeneously grouped. A thematic approach is used…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Heterogeneous Grouping, Language Arts
Whitlock, Stella Ward – Learning, 1994
Having students work together to write a historical novel is one way to integrate language arts and social studies. A step-by-step approach to completing such a writing project includes reading to get ready, brainstorming, developing a plot, adding descriptive detail, writing and revising, and final editing and typing. (SM)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Teaching, History, Junior High Schools
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Puglisi, Dick J.; And Others – International Journal of Social Education, 1993
Asserts that economics can be taught more effectively at all grade levels using the whole-language approach. Describes the role of teachers, students, and the instructional process in the whole-language classroom. Discusses student evaluation using portfolios and includes a portfolio description table used in an economics class. (CFR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Economics, Economics Education, Educational Strategies