Directions of Change in the Teaching of Reading.

Wood, Margo; O'Donnell, Michael P.

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Publication Date: 1991

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Directions of Change in the Teaching of Reading.

Wood, Margo; O'Donnell, Michael P.

Reading Improvement, v28 n2 p100-03 Sum 1991

Discusses three trends in approaches to reading and literacy instruction: (1) the move from basal to literature-based instruction; (2) the move from emphasis on product to emphasis on process; and (3) the trend away from teacher as technician toward teacher as decision maker. States that these trends will result in profound and lasting changes in literacy instruction. (PRA)

Descriptors: Basal Reading, Educational Change, Elementary Education, Literacy, Reading Processes, Teacher Role, Whole Language Approach

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Language: English

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