The intentionality was due to laziness on the part of teachers.
The intentionality was due to laziness on the part of teachers.
I don’t think laziness had much to do with it. There was so much time spent indoctrinating that there was no more time left to educate.
Laziness may have come into play, but that’s not what I observed.
Elementary school teachers were so indoctrinated into this whole language method of NOT teaching reading, it became like a religion to them. Whole language is so advanced, so wonderful, so much better for kids.....teaching phonetically in a logical order, bad. Teachers made fun of anyone who mentioned phonics and the spelling to sound association.
I did a lot of research years ago, and wound up starting a tutoring business, writing my own reading/spelling program, educating my own kids, and helping out in our neighborhood school. It was fascinating to observe. Some teachers were truly interested in looking at the proper way to teach reading, others just did the expected elite scoff.
Add to this that they never would have acquired their teaching degrees if they didn’t tow the party line.