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Creating the Conditions to Encourage Literate Thinking.
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Wells, Gordon – Educational Leadership, 1990
Traditional notions of literacy have been transformed regarding usage, purpose, context, and symbolic meaning. The context of individual reading and writing efforts is always inherently social. To achieve full literacy for all students, students must use texts to empower action, thinking, and feeling in the context of purposeful social activity.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Literacy, Reading Instruction
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Bodrova, Elena; Leong, Deborah J. – Educational Leadership, 2005
Early childhood education must bolster basic cognitive and social-emotional competencies to prepare children for authentic learning. The preschool educators should view academic skills and concepts as valuable tools in the process of developing essential competencies.
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Cognitive Development, Social Development, Emotional Development