Who's in Control? Is There Enough

Garan, Elaine M.

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ERIC Number: EJ479180

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1994

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Who's in Control? Is There Enough "Empowerment" to Go Around?

Garan, Elaine M.

Language Arts, v71 n3 p192-99 Mar 1994

Presents an ethnographic study of a first-grade whole-language classroom. Focuses on the teacher's philosophical evolution and the pivotal classroom interactions that served to translate her beliefs into practice. Notes that, even for a master teacher, the temptation to retain control was formidable. (RS)

Descriptors: Classroom Research, Empowerment, Ethnography, Grade 1, Primary Education, Teacher Behavior, Theory Practice Relationship, Whole Language Approach

Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Note: Themed Issue: Children's and Adolescent Literature: Writing, Illustrating, Publishing, Reading, Responding, Teaching.