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ERIC Number: EJ519592
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-8274
Potato Barrels, Animal Traps, Birth Control, and Unicorns: Re-visioning Teaching and Learning in English Classes.
Allen, Janet S.
English Journal, v85 n2 p38-42 Feb 1996
Explains how a teacher came to develop her own version of the whole language approach through her experimentation with remedial students in the 1970s. Makes a case for student research and inquiry into issues that matter to them personally, in lieu of traditional research of classic writers. (TB)
Descriptors: Inquiry, Remedial Instruction, Research Papers (Students), Secondary Education, Student Interests, Student Needs, Teacher Student Relationship, Whole Language Approach
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Note: Special issue on whole language.