Ch. 1. Whole Language: Literacy for All Students -- Ch. 2. The Teacher's Roles: Supporter, Model, Facilitator -- Ch. 3. Gary: Story Schema and Oral Language -- Ch. 4. Tanya: Searching for Truth and Identity -- Ch. 5. David: Growing as a Reader and Writer -- Ch. 6. Debby: Raising Her Standards -- Ch. 7. Thematic Teaching and Learning: Literacy Across the Curriculum -- Ch. 8. Inclusion Versus Equality: The Politics of Labeling
Summary
In Literacy, Not Labels, Kathleen Strickland shares her experience teaching and researching in a special education whole language classroom. She describes students with a record of failure - each one with a label ranging from "learning disabled" to "educably retarded," each one capable of language learning but previously deprived of the opportunity. Her book explains how she and the teacher discovered ways to support the students' growth as readers and writers, celebrating with them as they found a place for literacy in their lives
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-157) and index
