Affiliation:
1. Dolores Durkin is a professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Illinois and a senior researcher at the Center for the Study of Reading. She is widely known for her classroom observation studies. In 1988 she was chosen by the International Reading Association to receive the William S. Gray Citation of Merit, which is awarded each year to acknowledge an individual's contributions to the field of reading. Address: Dolores Durkin, University of Illinois, College of...
Abstract
The widespread failure of schools to match reading instruction to children's needs is the underlying theme of this article. Three of the factors that account for such a shortcoming are identified: large class size, dependence on basal reader programs, and questionable testing practices. How dependence on basal materials leads to a “standard” curriculum for all, beginning as early as kindergarten, receives special attention. The difficulty of getting teachers to provide differentiated instruction when they use basal materials is also discussed, with references to a year-long effort to alter one teacher's goals and behavior.
Subject
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Education
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