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Peer reviewedBettelheim, Bruno; Merrow, John – Society, 1983
In an interview focused on his book "On Learning to Read: The Child's Fascination with Meaning," Bruno Bettelheim explains why he thinks reading primers are insulting and demeaning. He asserts that the absence of content in the primers teach children to dislike reading. (ML)
Descriptors: Children, Elementary Education, Reader Response, Reading Attitudes
