| Whole Language Teaching, Whole-Hearted Practice: Looking Back, Looking Forward Contributor(s): Steinberg, Shirley R. (Editor), Kincheloe, Joe L. (Editor), Taylor, Monica (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0820463108 ISBN-13: 9780820463100 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $45.27 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2006 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Elementary - Education | Language Experience Approach |
| Dewey: 372.6 |
| LCCN: 2006022460 |
| Series: Counterpoints: Studies in the Postmodern Theory of Education |
| Physical Information: 219 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This seminal collection brings together the multiple perspectives of whole language educators over the course of the past thirty-five years. The essays illustrate the complex ways in which whole language teachers have been and continue to be political activists through their interactions with students; the teachers' beliefs about teaching, learning, and curriculum; their commitment to critical thinking and social justice; their collaborative engagements with other teachers; their role as leaders of change in schools and communities; and, finally, their activism in society. Although many believe that we are living in a climate where the term whole language is considered taboo, the contributors to this book demonstrate hopefulness for the future of whole language: as Yetta and Ken Goodman write in the concluding chapter, whole language is alive and well. |