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Peer reviewedLier, Jacquie; Bufe, Bruce – Educational Leadership, 1993
To gain appreciation for each others' perspectives, a Mississippi language arts consultant and a third-grade teacher from Iowa traded jobs for a year. As a consultant, the teacher found that classroom teachers were more interested in whole-language instruction practicalities than in theory. As a teacher, the consultant learned that classroom…
Descriptors: Consultants, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Grade 3
