The Past, Present, and Future of Literacy Education: Comments from a Panel of Distinguished Educators, Part I

A panel discussion among five prominent literacy educators is reported. Participants were Ira E. Aaron, Jeanne S. Chall, Dolores Durkin, Kenneth Goodman, & Dorothy S. Strickland. In the first part of the discussion, the panelists were asked to define literacy & provide their views on current...

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Published in:The Reading teacher 1990-01, Vol.43 (4), p.302-311
Main Authors: Aaron, Ira E., Chall, Jeanne S., Durkin, Dolores, Goodman, Kenneth, Strickland, Dorothy S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Children
Childrens literature
Conventions
Education
Educational trends
Individual retirement accounts
Language teachers
Literacy
Reading
Reading instruction
Reading teachers
Teachers
Writing instruction
Writing teachers
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Summary:A panel discussion among five prominent literacy educators is reported. Participants were Ira E. Aaron, Jeanne S. Chall, Dolores Durkin, Kenneth Goodman, & Dorothy S. Strickland. In the first part of the discussion, the panelists were asked to define literacy & provide their views on current trends in literacy education. The responses led to subsequent discussion of related issues including phonics, emergent literacy, reading/writing relationships, & whole language. The remainder of the proceedings are reported in a subsequent issue (abstracted in this section). B. Annesser Murray
ISSN:0034-0561
1936-2714