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Direct linkMassey, Lance – English Journal, 2011
As a teacher of Bowling Green State University's English 3810, Grammar and Writing, the author is charged with teaching future language arts teachers how to teach grammar so that it actually helps their students become better writers and communicators. Because such teaching rejects the ineffective but time-honored drill-it-and-kill-it approach, in…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Grammar, Teacher Educators, Teaching Methods
Download full textHornstein, Stephen; And Others – Insights into Open Education, 1992
Based on the belief that teacher educators can no longer be satisfied to teach about whole language without teaching through whole language, this article presents five major premises of whole language and then describes several strategies by which this philosophy has been implemented in university classrooms. The premises are that learning happens…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Education, Higher Education, Learning Theories
Peer reviewedRoss, Elinor Parry – Journal of Reading, 1992
Describes changes made in the teaching of a college preservice education course in children's literature and reading methods that reflect principles of the whole-language approach. Discusses integration of curriculum, social context, classroom environment, evaluation, writing, purposeful learning, and opportunities to choose. (SR)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Peer reviewedDay, Kami – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1998
Describes the experience of a college teacher teaching, for the first time, an introduction to literature course with a whole-language approach. Describes how she abandoned her position as imparter-of-knowledge and as authority, and joined the students as one of many readers and writers. Discusses how class activities were structured and notes…
Descriptors: Class Activities, College Instruction, Higher Education, Literature Appreciation
Christensen, Lois M.; Dennis, Mary Beth – 1992
The theory and practice of whole language teaching should be integral and simultaneous components of preservice teacher education. A number of instructional strategies and class activities can be used to provide preservice teachers with experiences similar to experiences they will provide to elementary school children. Examples of class activities…
Descriptors: Assignments, Class Activities, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedAdair-Hauk, Bonnie – Foreign Language Annals, 1996
Illustrates strategies for the practical application of a whole-language approach in the second- or foreign-language classroom. Both first- and second-language teachers were interviewed and observed for the study. Provides practical whole-language activities appropriate for secondary- or university-level classes. (Author/JL)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, College Students, Higher Education
Horn, Evelyn D. – 1992
This paper presents a syllabus and proposed course outline for X100, a skills-based college remedial reading class (at Indiana University at South Bend) keyed to the whole-language literature. The paper: (1) reviews two sourcebooks for information regarding the use of whole language at the secondary level and lists viable whole language strategies…
Descriptors: Class Activities, College Curriculum, College Students, Course Content
Peer reviewedMacGowan-Gilhooly, Adele – College ESL, 1991
Describes a college English-as-a-Second-Language curriculum model based on a whole-language approach that is presented to stimulate others to review and revise their own curriculum. (25 references) (GLR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Design, Educational Strategies
Collins, Norma; Smith, Carl, Comp. – 1990
Originally developed for the Department of Defense Schools (DoDDS) system, this learning package on extending the basal is designed for teachers who wish to upgrade or expand their teaching skills on their own. The package includes a comprehensive search of the ERIC database; a lecture giving an overview on the topic; the full text of several…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Distance Education
