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Download full textAlexander, J. Estill; Strode, Susan L.; Dugan, JoAnn R., Ed.; Linder, Patricia E., Ed.; Linek, Wayne M., Ed.; Sturtevant, Elizabeth G., Ed. – 1999
The impetus for writing the history of the College Reading Association (CRA) came from charges given to the historians by President Judy Richardson on November 24, 1995. She took the charges from the "Procedural Practices Manual," which mandate the preparation of a series of 5-year highlights of the CRA. This history begins by stating…
Descriptors: Educational History, Higher Education, Professional Associations, Reading Processes
Robinson, Richard D. – 2002
The most critical reason for an understanding of reading's history is that many of the classic writers saw and understood the reading process with great individual insight and understanding. Rather than being of only passing historical interest, these classic readings are relevant and important for today's reading teacher. This book offers…
Descriptors: Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Literacy, Professional Recognition
Peer reviewedCondon, Mark W. F.; Kyle, Diane – Action in Teacher Education, 1985
Ways of attempting to ensure competence in teaching reading have changed dramatically over the past 60 years. By comparing tests designed to be administered to 1923 and 1983 teacher candidates, this article illustrates the ways in which they are qualitatively different and considers the implications of those differences. (MT)
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Elementary Education, Minimum Competency Testing, Reading Teachers
Ediger, Marlow – 1996
Experiences from the author's education in teaching, dating from 1949 through the acquisition of his ED.d. degree, are the subject of this paper. Included are a model for reading instruction at the elementary school level, a review of problems of teaching English as a second language to seventh-grade students in Jordan, and a list of the major…
Descriptors: Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
McGill-Franzen, Anne – 2000
This paper describes the recent policy history of reading education, its place on the public policy agenda, and the research that relates reading policy to reading instruction. Part I of the paper provides a brief recent history of federal education policy, which aims to ensure equity. Part II revisits compensatory education and describes systemic…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Legislation, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Sebesta, Sam – 1990
The wealth of information gleaned from reading research both past and present needs to be applied to a practical eclectic reading methodology. First, an emergent instruction model needs to be created that takes into account the immediate interests and needs of the learner. This model should recognize that learning is a transaction, with the…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Childhood Interests, Childrens Literature
