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multiculturalism and special populations
African American education
psychology and human development
literacy
Preferred term
phonics and whole language
Definition(s)
- Phonics and whole language are two approaches to early reading instruction stemming from different assumptions and cultural values. In the 1980s and 1990s, a “reading war” raged between advocates of each approach. [Source: Encyclopedia ofthe Social and Cultural Foundations of Education; Phonics and Whole Language]
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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-QN2T9GBM-9
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