Irecently came back from a meeting with a group of middle school teachers who were
interested in implementing a multiple-ways-of-knowing, inquiry-based curriculum. There was …

Describes a program at the University of South Carolina, Columbia that helps teacher
interns become researcher and take control of their own classrooms and professional lives …

Investigates elementary school teachers' beliefs and classroom practices about reading.
Describes how three of the teachers experimented with new language, beliefs, and/or …

OCTOBER 2003 139 Illustration: Susan Todd ingly makes clear is that it is the teacher, not
the method, that makes a difference. 1 The goal then is to deepen and broaden teachers' …

This article explores the literacy development over a period of 3 years of 1 child who is a
member of a whole language, multiage classroom, but who also receives special education …

Twenty-five teachers enrolled in a five-week-long summer practicum course. Every day the
teachers attended class and worked one-on-one with a child having learning difficulties …

The focus of this inquiry was to investigate the potential of multiple communication systems
in generating meaning from literature in a collaborative learning community. The theoretical …

Whole language is a philosophy of education with these basic premises:(a) Learning in
school ought to incorporate what is known about learning outside of school;(b) Teachers …

Reading experts have long known that the process of repeated reading builds reading
fluency, a critical aspect of reading comprehension. Many theatre activities by default require …

The purpose of this study was to collaboratively create curriculum, and was based on the
following question: What can be learned about curriculum and curriculum development …