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Publication Date: 1995
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Making Fundamental Changes in Education: Is "Whole Language" Feasible?
Wheeler, Garon
TESL Canada Journal, v13 n1 p87-94 Win 1995
Focuses on the history of the whole language approach, which arose out of the ancient notion of teaching as an art rather than a science. The approach is unable to demonstrate its superiority with statistics, a requirement for introducing radical changes in education. The tendency to avoid substantial change in second-language teaching is expected to prevail. (13 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Change Agents, Diachronic Linguistics, Educational Change, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Feasibility Studies, Language Attitudes, Psycholinguistics, Second Language Learning, Secondary School Students, Teaching Methods, Textbook Content, Whole Language Approach
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