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ERIC Number: EJ405141
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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Reference Count: 0
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The New Zealand Story.
Mabbett, Barbara
Educational Leadership, v47 n6 p59-61 Mar 1990
Basal texts are unheard of in New Zealand. Instead, teachers choose resources suiting their students' needs and teaching methods appropriate to a given syllabus. Additionally, reading, talking, and writing are inseparably interrelated, literacy foundations are laid in the early years, reading for meaning is paramount, and diverse instructional approaches are used. Includes nine references. (MLH)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Literacy, Professional Autonomy, Reading Instruction, Writing Instruction
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: New Zealand