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Giorgis, Cyndi; Johnson, Nancy J. – Reading Teacher, 2001
Features literature to help with one goal educators have--to nurture the desire to always learn something new. Presents annotations of children's books including topics such as: examining the learning process, learning by trial and error, learning challenges and anxieties, choices and responsibilities in learning, and learning as exploration. (SG)
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Processes
Bader, Carol H.; Blackmon, C. Robert – 1978
This report reviews the history of open education, the philosophy supporting it, and some conclusions drawn from testing children who have been exposed to it. The basic theory of open education is that children learn in different ways at different times from things around them which interest them. Ideally, the teacher acts as a guide and resource…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Elementary School Curriculum, Humanistic Education, Individual Development
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1983
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 15 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) reading achievement as a function of home media environment and orientations toward learning; (2) reading ability and offense categories of delinquents; (3)…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Basal Reading, Computer Assisted Instruction, Doctoral Dissertations