Mastery Learning in Reading and the Control of Teachers and Students.

Shannon, Patrick

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ERIC Number: EJ304043

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1984

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Mastery Learning in Reading and the Control of Teachers and Students.

Shannon, Patrick

Language Arts, v61 n5 p484-93 Sep 1984

Disusses three assertions regarding mastery learning in reading programs: (1) mastery learning is adopted to "legitimize" reading programs to the public; (2) schools cannot provide unlimited time for learning to read; and (3) thus, teachers are reduced to managers of materials and, with students, surrender control of their literacy. (HTH)

Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Elementary Education, Learning Processes, Mastery Learning, Reading Instruction, Reading Programs, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Note: Theme Issue: Knowledge and Control