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ERIC Number: EJ390404
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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The Risks of Whole Language Literacy: Alienation and Connection.
Harman, Susan; Edelsky, Carole
Language Arts, v66 n4 p392-406 Apr 1989
Discusses how the acquisition of literacy, and particularly its acquisition through the whole language approach, may have unanticipated repercussions in the lives of the learners. Proposes four constructive ways of noticing, respecting, and using these repercussions of change in a whole language classroom. (MM)
Descriptors: Alienation, Cultural Differences, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Arts, Literacy Education, Minority Groups, Outcomes of Education, Student Attitudes, Student Experience
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Literacy as a Social Process; Whole Language Approach
Note: Themed Issue: Negotiating Our "Curriculum."