ホール・ランゲージにおける教師の指導性について : カリキュラム計画者としての役割を中心にして

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to clarify the teachers' role in Whole Language (WL), especially, how a WL teacher plans WL curriculum, facilitating children's language development as a facilitator and a guide. The results of this study are as follows: (1) A teacher should assume the role of making the best possible environment for children to interact with each other through language. (2) In the teaching process, a teacher is regarded as a facilitator or a guide who grasps and assists children's development. (3) Using modes of teaching such as "mini-lessons" and "conference", a teacher has the role of planning a curriculum that connects the children's development with what is to be learned as subject matter. (4) When a teacher plans a curriculum, criteria of assessment and a curriculum framework are needed as a guide for a teacher. This study suggests that the third and forth points are indispensable to WL curriculum, although they have not been explicitly discussed.