About this title: "Teacher" was first published in 1963 to excited acclaim. Its author, Sylvia Ashton-Warner, who lived in New Zealand and spent many years teaching Maori children, found that Maoris taught according to British methods were not learning to read. They were passionate, moody children, bred in an ancient legend-haunted tradition; how could she build them a bridge to European culture that would enable them to take hold of the great joy of reading? Aston-Warner devised a method whereby written words became prized possession for her students. Today her findings are strikingly relevant to the teaching ...
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Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Very good. Book has appearance of light use with no easily noticeable wear. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Touchstone
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780671617684ISBN:0671617680
Description: Very Good. Ex-library book with usual library markings, mylar cover, card holder, stamps. All orders processed within 2 business days. Ships from Foxboro MA. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Touchstone Books
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780671617684ISBN:0671617680
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Book appears unread but has light shelf wear. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 228 p. Touchstone Books (Paperback). Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon And Schuster
Date Published: 1963
Description: VG+ Used, Like New in VG+ jacket. HARDCOVER, VG+/VG+, Simon And Schuster, 1963, 19.7 oz. This copy is a Stated First Edition, has very mininmal signs of use, appears to have been very lightly read, has a name, inscription, stamp or some other indications of previous ownership, is in Excellent Condition Overall. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Touchstone
Date Published: 1986-01-31
ISBN-13:9780671617684ISBN:0671617680
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Touchstone Books, Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780671617684ISBN:0671617680
Description: Very Good- No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 181 pp., Spine reinforced with clear tape, Pen name on lower text block edges, Internally Clean. read more
"No other book influenced my imagination and practice of teaching than this book. It inspired me to forego the boilerplate as much as possible and keep reinventing each course, each semester, each year."
"Teacher turned out to be as good in 2008 as when I read it in the sixties. Now that I have granddaughters learning to read, I wondered if I could still get this excellent, heart warming guide. Found it on Alibris and read it in a couple of days--stunned at Sylvia Ashton-Warner's brilliance as she explained her organic approach to teaching reading. In this book, her students were Maori's from New Zealand, struggling to enter the dominant culture, but her technique applies to any child first meeting words. That this method was known in the late 40's, when Ashton-Warner did the teaching that led to her story, and that we still cannot get children excited about reading, is a crime. I have passed it on to my daughter-in-law who is home-schooling her girls. The six year old, reluctant at first, is catching on--she played Scrabble with her dad this week. Take heart! Read this book."
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