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International Journal of Progressive Education 2007, Vol. 3(2) 52-67
Core Values of Progressive Education: Seikatsu Tsuzurikata and Whole Language
pp. 52 - 67
Publish Date: June 15, 2007 | Single/Total View: 37/395 | Single/Total Download: 43/676
Abstract
Seikatsu tsuzurikata is a grassroots movement in Japan that has many parallels to the whole language movement, but it developed completely independently, beginning in the late 1920's. Our research into this movement was conducted in 1984 and described in Kitagawa and Kitagawa (1987). We are now updating our earlier research. Seikatsu tsuzurikata is fundamentally a writing education movement designed to help students develop a strong sense of self by having them write descriptive, detailed compositions about their daily life and the world around them. We want to describe how seikatsu tsuzurikata and whole language are similar and different, just as any set of 'distant cousins' might want to know how they are related.
Keywords: Seikatsu Tsuzurikata, Whole Language, Co-spectatorship Role, Belonging Identity, Development of Personhood
APA 7th edition
Kitagawa, M.M., & Kitagawa, C. (2007). Core Values of Progressive Education: Seikatsu Tsuzurikata and Whole Language. International Journal of Progressive Education, 3(2), 52-67.
Harvard
Kitagawa, M. and Kitagawa, C. (2007). Core Values of Progressive Education: Seikatsu Tsuzurikata and Whole Language. International Journal of Progressive Education, 3(2), pp. 52-67.
Chicago 16th edition
Kitagawa, Mary M. and Chisato Kitagawa (2007). "Core Values of Progressive Education: Seikatsu Tsuzurikata and Whole Language". International Journal of Progressive Education 3 (2):52-67.
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