A Plan for Directed Study through Work-Type Reading: Remedial Reading Instruction in the Content Subjects for Grades and High school. A Manual for Administrators, Supervisors, and Classroom Teachers, as issued by the Department of Public Instruction, 1939

(1939) A Plan for Directed Study through Work-Type Reading: Remedial Reading Instruction in the Content Subjects for Grades and High school. A Manual for Administrators, Supervisors, and Classroom Teachers, as issued by the Department of Public Instruction, 1939. Education, Department of

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It is a generally accepted fact that classroom practice in the rank and file of our schools fails to keep pace with the findings of educational research. In no field is this condition more clearly demonstrated than in the field of work-type reading. In spite of the fact that fifteen years have elapsed since the publication of the Twenty-Fourth Yearbook with its recommendations on reading, we find that many teachers still do not observe in their classroom practices the basic principles set forth by this committee. Teachers as a group should not be condemned for this condition. There are many factors that have contributed to this situation over which they, as a group, have no control. The very nature of our public school system, from the standpoint of its magnitude, its organization, and the democratic principles upon which it is based, is one of the principal factors which contributes to this lag.