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Kristen Henry – Texas Association for Literacy Education Yearbook, 2024
This pilot study investigates content-area preservice teacher perceptions of literacy practices as humanizing pedagogy. Findings from open-ended survey questions and a focal interview suggest preservice teachers see the connection between literacy learning and the teaching of their content area. They also have a budding understanding of how…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Literacy Education, Humanization
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Field, Sherry L.; Bauml, Michelle; Ledbetter, Mary – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2011
Instructional time for social studies has been reduced nationwide, particularly in the elementary grades. Yet states continue to promote content standards in history, economics, civics, and geography for young learners. Purposeful integrative content that is appropriate for grades K-6, while sometimes difficult to find, seems to many elementary…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Elementary School Teachers, Social Studies, Language Arts
El Paso Public Schools, TX. – 1962
EMPHASIS IS ON CONVERSATION. THE MATERIAL IS GEARED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHILDREN AT THIS AGE LEVEL (FOR EXAMPLE, "SCOUTING,""A TRIP TO SAN FRANCISCO," AND "PIONEERS."). VOCABULARIES SHOULD BE BUILT AROUND ACTIVITIES ENJOYED BY FIFTH GRADERS. MATERIAL PRESENTED IN THE MANUAL IS DESIGNED TO BE STENCILLED OR DITTOED AND…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Elementary Education, Grade 5, Guides
Bridges, Edna Penny – 1976
A descriptive research technique was applied in this study, which sought to determine the linguistic emphasis in the teaching of English grammar in the elementary schools of Texas. A questionnaire, which asked for information on the background and experience of the teachers, as well as for information on English grammar instruction in their…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Elementary Education, Grammar, Language Arts
Allington, Richard L.; Woodside-Jiron, Haley – 1997
A study has been examining current directions in state education agency efforts to reform the elementary school language arts curriculum in four large, geographically diverse states with different policy mechanisms--California, New York, Wisconsin, and Texas. To understand policy development and implementation and discern how advocates advance a…
Descriptors: Agenda Setting, Curriculum Development, Early Childhood Education, Educational Policy
Elliott, Floyd W., Comp.; Cox, Robert L., Comp. – 1968
The aims of the Teacher Corps are (1) to strengthen educational opportunities for children in areas with concentrations of low-income families; (2) to attract and prepare persons to become teachers in such areas through coordinated work-study experiences; and (3) to encourage colleges and universities, schools, and state departments of education…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Background, Elementary Education, Guidelines
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1986
This volume serves as a supplement to the Texas Education Agency's "Rules for Curriculum," implemented in 1984, which requires all Texas schools to teach the same essential elements to all students in kindergarten through grade 8. This manual is intended for modification of that curriculum for hearing impaired students with severe…
Descriptors: Curriculum Enrichment, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Education, English Curriculum
Jones, Earl, Ed. – 1968
The appearance of this collection of readings partially fulfills one of Programa de Educacion Interamericana's objectives described in SO 001 424: that of helping our students become better acquainted with the literature of Latin America. This volume was not prepared for just literature or Spanish classes; the introductions and the works cover a…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Awareness, Elementary Education