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ERIC Number: EJ386925
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Empowered Students; Empowered Teachers.
Fagan, William T.
Reading Teacher, v42 n8 p572-78 Apr 1989
Examines the nature of power over literacy (such as knowledge of print conventions, and experiences of participation in reading and writing activities) which children often possess when they begin school. Discusses ways in which teachers sometimes interfere with this power and how they can, instead, enhance it. (MM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Context Effect, Early Reading, Elementary Education, Emergent Literacy, Empowerment, Prior Learning, Reading Instruction, Reading Materials, Student Attitudes, Teacher Influence, Teacher Role, Teacher Student Relationship, Teaching Methods, Writing Instruction
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Writing Development
Note: Special Issue: Empowering Both Teachers and Students.