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Peer reviewedSmith, M. Cecil; Wham, Mary Ann – Reading Psychology, 1993
Examines (from the perspective of developmental dialectics) the on-going debate between traditional instruction and whole-language advocates in reading. Provides an overview of the differences between the two camps. Outlines the reasons why whole-language approaches have increasingly been incorporated into classrooms. Speculates on how the debate…
Descriptors: Conventional Instruction, Elementary Education, Reading Instruction, Reading Research
Download full textDonahoe, Susan – 2001
In America, a dichotomy of teaching philosophies which acknowledge the individual needs of children have produced approaches that are used in public school classrooms. The methods exemplify the dichotomous poles and combinations of both. These dichotomous teaching approaches are often referred to as the traditional methods or parts-specific…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Beginning Writing, Conventional Instruction, Cultural Context
