Many unconfident and beginning teachers use this teaching technique to bring student involvement into the classroom. ... Some teachers when using the method might have another group re-act the scene out so changes can be made to character tones and attitudes. ... Most English teachers consider drama to not be within their English Language Arts curriculum, drama is used more often as a teaching method in other disciplines. ... Yet, the research on classroom drama suggests that there is considerable untapped potential for using drama as a teaching method. Experts emphasize that using Reade...

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It is also that part of the total curriculum in which great flexibility in contents and methods can prevail. ... It takes no position about methods of initial reading instruction beyond insisting that content must receive as much emphasis as "skill." ... Chall has called "the great debate" about methods of reading instruction. ... To be fair, Hirsch does not explicitly advocate that memorization is a good method for learning. ... The Cultural Literacy movement is gaining ground today as the public demands some assurance that schools are really teaching the "right stuff" and that children are l...

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HOME SCHOOL CONNECTIONS IN LANGUAGE AND LITERACY For several decades now educators have recognised with great significance the integral role that parents play in their child's foundational language learning (Cairney & Munsie, 1992, p.1). It has also been suggested that the relationship between s...

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