Looking for Love (and Literature and Pedagogy) in All the Wrong Places: Hopeful Teachers and the Illusion of Change in Basal Readers.

Crawford, Patricia A.

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ERIC Number: EJ556723

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1997

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Looking for Love (and Literature and Pedagogy) in All the Wrong Places: Hopeful Teachers and the Illusion of Change in Basal Readers.

Crawford, Patricia A.

Teaching and Learning Literature with Children and Young Adults, v7 n1 p5-14 Sep-Oct 1997

States that the beliefs and practices associated with holistic, child-centered teaching and literature-based reading instruction are being challenged at every turn. Finds that publishers have developed basals that purport to be all things to all people. Gives the history of basal reader development. Suggests that basal systems are being used as vehicles of technical control. (PA)

Descriptors: Basal Reading, Educational History, Literacy, Primary Education, Teacher Role, Textbook Content, Theory Practice Relationship, Whole Language Approach

Publication Type: Historical Materials; Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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