![]() ![]() ![]() Her fiercely loved children come alive individually, as do the unique setting and the character of this extraordinary woman. TEACHER is part diary, part inspired description of Ashton-Warner's teaching method in action. Today, her findings are strikingly relevant to the teaching of socially disadvantaged and non-English-speaking students. 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? Ashton-Warner devised a method whereby written words became prized possessions for her students. 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. Synopsis: TEACHER was first published in 1963 to excited acclaim. ![]()
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