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ERIC Number: EJ422856
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1784
Charting a New Course with Whole Language.
Monson, Robert J.; Pahl, Michele M.
Educational Leadership, v48 n6 p51-53 Mar 1991
Enlarges the phonics/whole language debate by focusing on the classroom teacher's evolving role. Whole language instruction involves a fundamental change in a teacher's belief system concerning classroom culture. A complex paradigm shift is needed from teachers' transmission of knowledge to students' transaction or engagement with constructing meaning. Includes six references. (MLH)
Descriptors: Beliefs, Classroom Environment, Elementary Education, Learning Processes, Phonics, Reading Instruction, Teacher Role, Whole Language Approach
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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