Reprinted from the May 1997 themed issue of The Australian journal of language and literacy, vol. 20, no. 2.
Contents
Guest editors' introduction / Jan Turbill and Brian Cambourne -- Whole language: are we critical enough? / Beth Berghoff, Jerry Harste, and Chris Leland -- This is literacy: three challenges for teachers of reading and writing / David Bloome -- Defining whole language in a postmodern age / Lorraine Wilson -- Towards a personal theory of whole language: a teacher-researcher-writer reflects / Mem Fox -- Teaching factual writing: purpose and structure / David Wray and Maureen Lewis -- They don't teach spelling anymore--or do they? / Chrystine Bouffler -- Real(ly) writing in school: generic practice? / Jo-Anne Reid -- Whole language and its critics: a New Zealand perspective / John Smith.