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ERIC Number: EJ600963
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-8274
Blueprints or Houses? Lou LaBrant and the Writing Debate.
Thomas, P. L.
English Journal, v89 n3 p85-89 Jan 2000
Discusses the work and contributions of Lou LaBrant, who became president of the National Council of Teachers of English in 1954, and who was one of the foremost progressive practitioners of reading and writing instruction. Discusses her research, her teaching, her experience, and her lifelong insistence that the writing curriculum had to be open-ended and child-centered. (SR)
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, English Teachers, Higher Education, Writing Instruction
Publication Type: Historical Materials; Journal Articles; Reports - General
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Language: English
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Identifiers: LaBrant (Lou)
Note: Theme: Our History, Ourselves.