Teacher's Transition to Whole Language: Learning to Let the Child Lead.

Mancus, Dianne Sirna; Hill, Angela

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ERIC Number: EJ466173

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Publication Date: 1992

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Teacher's Transition to Whole Language: Learning to Let the Child Lead.

Mancus, Dianne Sirna; Hill, Angela

National Association of Laboratory Schools Journal, v17 n1 p1-23 Fall 1992

Identifies factors, both helpful and obstructive, influencing teachers' transition from basal to a whole-language curriculum. Observations from two first-grade classrooms and interviews with school principals and two classroom teachers (one whole-language veteran and the other in transition into whole language) are evaluated. (GLR)

Descriptors: Basal Reading, Child Language, Grade 1, Instructional Innovation, Laboratory Schools, Language Arts, Participant Observation, Primary Education, Reading Instruction, Reading Skills, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Improvement, Teaching Methods, Whole Language Approach

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Note: Journal availability: Editor, NALS Journal, Dean's Office, College of Education, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL 36265.