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Evaluating children's books for whole-language learning
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| Title: | Evaluating children's books for whole-language learning |
| Author(s): | Harris, Violet |
| Subject(s): |
Whole-language learning
Evaluation Children --Books and reading |
| Abstract: | Whole language is a philosophy, perspective, world view, or stance; it is not a program of hierarchical components or methods. It is a grass roots movement spearheaded by teachers with empowerment of teachers and students as a central theme. Whole language is an amalgam of theories, beliefs, perspectives, and research about language, children, and learning drawn from a number of interrelated disciplines such as linguistics, psychology, philosophy, and sociology. Further, whole language is the perspective that learning occurs when information is presented as a whole rather than divided into smaller components and is thus meaningful; activities occur within a social context, and the learner is active. |
| Issue Date: | 1993 |
| Publisher: | Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Citation Info: | In B. Hearne and R. Sutton (eds) Evaluating children’s books : a critical look : aesthetic, social, and political aspects of analyzing and using children’s books (Papers presented at the Allerton Park Institute held October 25-27, 1992): 47-57. |
| Series/Report: | Allerton Park Institute (34nd : 1992) |
| Genre: | Conference Paper / Presentation |
| Type: | Text |
| Language: | English |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/642 |
| ISBN: | 0-87845-092-0 |
| ISSN: | 0536-4604 |
| Publication Status: | published or submitted for publication |
| Date Available in IDEALS: | 2007-04-16 |
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1992: Evaluating Children's Books: A Critical Look
Allerton Park Institute Proceedings (no. 34, 1992); Edited by Betsy Hearne and Roger Sutton
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