Forsaking the Big Desk: Whole Language in the College Classroom

Describes the experience of a college teacher teaching, for the first time, an introduction to literature course with a whole-language approach. Describes how she abandoned her position as imparter-of-knowledge and as authority, and joined the students as one of many readers and writers. Discusses h...

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Published inTeaching English in the two-year college Vol. 25; no. 1; pp. 44 - 50
Main Author Day, Kami
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Urbana National Council of Teachers of English 01.02.1998
Subjects
Class Activities
Classrooms
College Instruction
Cultural Pluralism
Doctoral Programs
Elementary Education
Elementary Schools
Feminism
Gilman, Charlotte Perkins (1860-1935)
Group Membership
Higher Education
Literary Criticism
Literature Appreciation
Munro, Alice
Periodicals
Resistance (Psychology)
Student Reaction
Student Role
Teacher Role
Teacher Student Relationship
Teaching Methods
Whole Language Approach
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Summary:Describes the experience of a college teacher teaching, for the first time, an introduction to literature course with a whole-language approach. Describes how she abandoned her position as imparter-of-knowledge and as authority, and joined the students as one of many readers and writers. Discusses how class activities were structured and notes students' enthusiasm. (SR)
ISSN:0098-6291
1943-2356
DOI:10.58680/tetyc19983849