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| Reading Instruction | 2 |
| Teacher Attitudes | 2 |
| Whole Language Approach | 2 |
| Elementary Education | 1 |
| Identification (Psychology) | 1 |
| Labeling (of Persons) | 1 |
| Phonics | 1 |
| Primary Education | 1 |
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| Talking Points | 2 |
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| Dudley-Marling, Curt | 1 |
| Meyer, Rick | 1 |
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Peer reviewedMeyer, Rick – Talking Points, 1999
Describes one teacher's unhappiness with the teaching situation because of the school district's recent adoption of a systematic intense phonics instruction program that every K-3 teacher is required to use with every child via whole group instruction. Argues for the importance of whole language instruction. (SG)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Identification (Psychology), Phonics, Primary Education
Peer reviewedDudley-Marling, Curt – Talking Points, 1999
Discusses the label of "whole language teacher" and expresses that the author's concern about being named one is based on his sense that names matter; he worries about who is doing the naming and for what purpose. Concludes that whole language is needed as a way of creating community to support all those language teachers who "teach against the…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Labeling (of Persons), Reading Instruction
