Abstract
This article gives a history of the whole-language movement. It looks back to the sixteenth century for an early use of the term whole language. Then, beginning with John Dewey, I explore major influences from the fields of philosophy, psychology, linguistics, and education on the development of whole language. I discuss earlier educational movements in the United States, such as language experience, individualized reading, and the integrated curriculum, and their influence on whole language. I also sketch influences from England, such as language across the curriculum and the British Infant School, and the holistic educational influences from New Zealand. I conclude that science and humanism will continue to affect holistic views of educational theory and practice.
Keywords
Whole languageSketchReading (process)CurriculumAffect (linguistics)HumanismMovement (music)Humanistic psychologyEducation theoryPedagogySociologyPsychologyLinguisticsTeaching methodComputer scienceHigher educationPolitical scienceCommunicationAesthetics
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- 1989
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- 90
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- 2
- Pages
- 113-127
- Citations
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Yetta M. Goodman
(1989).
Roots of the Whole-Language Movement.
The Elementary School Journal
, 90
(2)
, 113-127.
https://doi.org/10.1086/461607
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- 10.1086/461607