Fourth Period in Grade 7 Literacy Workshop: Insights from Organizational and Management Theories.

McAndrew, Donald A.

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ERIC Number: EJ560801

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1998

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Fourth Period in Grade 7 Literacy Workshop: Insights from Organizational and Management Theories.

McAndrew, Donald A.

Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, v41 n6 p444-56 Mar 1998

Argues that literacy workshop classrooms, though they may appear chaotic, are highly organized environments. Reviews six model theories of organizations and their management. Describes a typical day in a seventh-grade literacy workshop. Outlines revisions needed in educators' thinking about their professional practice, and suggests strategies to apply to literacy workshop classrooms. (SR)

Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Techniques, Grade 7, Junior High Schools, Organizational Theories, Teacher Student Relationship, Writing Instruction, Writing Workshops

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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