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Graham, Linda J.; Grieshaber, Susan – Disability & Society, 2008
The dichotomisation of literacy instruction into phonics instruction versus a whole language approach fails to realise a fundamental tenet of providing equitable educational opportunities to diverse groups of children. Diversity becomes a problem to solve through "inoculation programmes" or "special" education expertise.…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Literacy Education, Phonics, Whole Language Approach
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Gannon, Susanne; Sawyer, Wayne – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2007
This paper examines the media and political landscapes within which "whole language" is currently constituted in Australia. Through surveying the themes and rhetoric deployed in media texts over recent years, we consider how "whole language" has been taken up as part of a wider media campaign around education generally. We…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literacy Education, Young Adults, Mass Media Use