Moffett, James
Overview
| Works: | 187 works in 362 publications in 1 language and 9,792 library holdings |
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| Genres: | Case studies Handbooks and manuals Short stories Juvenile works Abstracts |
| Roles: | Author, Editor, Other, Illustrator |
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Most widely held works about
James Moffett
- The best nest : an appropriate response to intimacy and autonomy by James Moffett( Book )
- An in-service program for a student-centered language arts curriculum by Elizabeth Robinson Pettit( Book )
- A critical appraisal of James Moffett's theory of composition by Mark K McQuillan( )
- James Moffett letters by James Moffett( )
- California cosmogony curriculum : the legacy of James Moffett by Geoffrey Michael Sirc( )
- Moffett, James by Thomas William Herringshaw( )
- James Porter Moffett Papers by James Moffett( )
- Richard Critchfield photograph collection by Richard Critchfield( Visual )
- Two major theories of teaching English : a comparison and contrast of the theories of James Moffett and Robert Scholes by Robert C Schantz( )
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Most widely held works by
James Moffett
Storm in the mountains : a case study of censorship, conflict, and consciousness by
James Moffett(
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9 editions published between 1988 and 1989 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,776 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Discusses a 1974 censorship conflict over textbooks in West Virginia, uses interviews to identify the protestors' objections, and discusses education in America
9 editions published between 1988 and 1989 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,776 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Discusses a 1974 censorship conflict over textbooks in West Virginia, uses interviews to identify the protestors' objections, and discusses education in America
Teaching the universe of discourse by
James Moffett(
Book
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25 editions published between 1968 and 1987 in English and held by 1,089 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
" ... The present book sketches a pedagogical theory of discourse that may provide both a fuller rationale for the curriculum ..."--Foreword
25 editions published between 1968 and 1987 in English and held by 1,089 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
" ... The present book sketches a pedagogical theory of discourse that may provide both a fuller rationale for the curriculum ..."--Foreword
Active voice : a writing program across the curriculum by
James Moffett(
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7 editions published between 1981 and 1992 in English and held by 851 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"From monologues and autobiography to narratives and essay, Moffett discusses particular compositional issues arising from each type of writing and provides innovative ways of treating them."--Back cover
7 editions published between 1981 and 1992 in English and held by 851 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"From monologues and autobiography to narratives and essay, Moffett discusses particular compositional issues arising from each type of writing and provides innovative ways of treating them."--Back cover
Points of view : an anthology of short stories by
James Moffett(
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35 editions published between 1066 and 1995 in English and Undetermined and held by 826 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Collection offers fresh perspective on short story form concerning narration
35 editions published between 1066 and 1995 in English and Undetermined and held by 826 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Collection offers fresh perspective on short story form concerning narration
Student-centered language arts and reading, K-13 : a handbook for teachers by
James Moffett(
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11 editions published between 1976 and 1983 in English and held by 663 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Covers curriculum and methods of language arts and reading for both elementary and secondary school as well as teaching English in basic college courses
11 editions published between 1976 and 1983 in English and held by 663 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Covers curriculum and methods of language arts and reading for both elementary and secondary school as well as teaching English in basic college courses
The universal schoolhouse : spiritual awakening through education by
James Moffett(
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7 editions published between 1994 and 1998 in English and held by 602 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
7 editions published between 1994 and 1998 in English and held by 602 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A student-centered language arts curriculum, grades K-13 : a handbook for teachers by
James Moffett(
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11 editions published between 1968 and 1973 in English and held by 562 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
11 editions published between 1968 and 1973 in English and held by 562 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Student-centered language arts, K-12 by
James Moffett(
Book
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2 editions published in 1992 in English and held by 451 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This is the fourth edition of James Moffett's seminal text, first published in 1968, which set forth the rationale and practices for the kind of individualized, interactive, integrative language learning environment that only today is coming into its own. It proposed whole language, collaborative learning, active learning, writing workshops, the process approach, student empowerment, portfolio assessment, and the substitution of children's literature for basal readers many years before these cornerstones of enlightened English language arts teaching became fashionable. The book is the centerpiece of life work devoted to curricular innovation and constitutes a truly original approach to the nature of discourse. It is cross-referenced to an equally original collection of anthologies that illustrate with both professional and student writing the reading, writing, talking, dramatizing repertories it stakes out--and to Moffett's other works that build on and extend this one. From the second edition on, the book has profited from the input of Betty Jane Wagner, a master teacher of teachers. Student-centered Language Art, K-12 is arguably the most comprehensive, practically detailed, and original textbook/resource book on English education. It covers theory and practice, elementary and secondary, drama, oral-language activities, and initial literacy as well as general reading and writing. Furthermore, verbal learning is placed in a social context and in the context of nonverbal media and arts that compete with and complement language. The authors have made this edition more compact by shifting some material to a new edition of Active Voice and by abridging matters that no longer need to be dealt with at length because the profession is catching up with the book. They have recast some matters to tie in with current vocabulary and understanding, and some practices have been updated to utilize current technology. In this fourth edition, the book is shorter in length but broader in perspective as it continues to break new ground to integrate language arts with other learning
2 editions published in 1992 in English and held by 451 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This is the fourth edition of James Moffett's seminal text, first published in 1968, which set forth the rationale and practices for the kind of individualized, interactive, integrative language learning environment that only today is coming into its own. It proposed whole language, collaborative learning, active learning, writing workshops, the process approach, student empowerment, portfolio assessment, and the substitution of children's literature for basal readers many years before these cornerstones of enlightened English language arts teaching became fashionable. The book is the centerpiece of life work devoted to curricular innovation and constitutes a truly original approach to the nature of discourse. It is cross-referenced to an equally original collection of anthologies that illustrate with both professional and student writing the reading, writing, talking, dramatizing repertories it stakes out--and to Moffett's other works that build on and extend this one. From the second edition on, the book has profited from the input of Betty Jane Wagner, a master teacher of teachers. Student-centered Language Art, K-12 is arguably the most comprehensive, practically detailed, and original textbook/resource book on English education. It covers theory and practice, elementary and secondary, drama, oral-language activities, and initial literacy as well as general reading and writing. Furthermore, verbal learning is placed in a social context and in the context of nonverbal media and arts that compete with and complement language. The authors have made this edition more compact by shifting some material to a new edition of Active Voice and by abridging matters that no longer need to be dealt with at length because the profession is catching up with the book. They have recast some matters to tie in with current vocabulary and understanding, and some practices have been updated to utilize current technology. In this fourth edition, the book is shorter in length but broader in perspective as it continues to break new ground to integrate language arts with other learning
A student-centered language arts curriculum, grades K-6, a handbook for teachers by
James Moffett(
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8 editions published between 1968 and 1973 in English and held by 325 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
8 editions published between 1968 and 1973 in English and held by 325 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Coming on center : English education in evolution by
James Moffett(
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2 editions published in 1981 in English and held by 299 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This is a collection of essays written by Moffett beginning in the 1970s and addressing various topics pertinent to teachers, including the social and political contexts of schooling, ways of teaching literature, and meditation in teaching and learning.-National Writing Project Review
2 editions published in 1981 in English and held by 299 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This is a collection of essays written by Moffett beginning in the 1970s and addressing various topics pertinent to teachers, including the social and political contexts of schooling, ways of teaching literature, and meditation in teaching and learning.-National Writing Project Review
Detecting growth in language by
James Moffett(
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6 editions published in 1992 in English and Undetermined and held by 271 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Detecting Growth in Language aims to help teachers assess for themselves their students' growth in language, offering an alternative to standardized testing and enabling teachers to better use portfolios, projects, and authentic regular performance as assessment."--Back cover
6 editions published in 1992 in English and Undetermined and held by 271 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Detecting Growth in Language aims to help teachers assess for themselves their students' growth in language, offering an alternative to standardized testing and enabling teachers to better use portfolios, projects, and authentic regular performance as assessment."--Back cover
Harmonic learning : keynoting school reform by
James Moffett(
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3 editions published in 1992 in English and Undetermined and held by 261 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"In Harmonic Learning, based on the author's 25 years of experience with educational transformation, James Moffett keynotes current school reform by providing the breadth and depth of thought that the movement tends to lack."--Back cover
3 editions published in 1992 in English and Undetermined and held by 261 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"In Harmonic Learning, based on the author's 25 years of experience with educational transformation, James Moffett keynotes current school reform by providing the breadth and depth of thought that the movement tends to lack."--Back cover
Drama: what is happening; the use of dramatic activities in the teaching of English by
James Moffett(
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4 editions published in 1967 in English and held by 241 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Dramatic interaction, the primary vehicle for developing thought and language, is an often unexploited method of encouraging students to communicate with others. Students can learn about language, literature, and composition in a coherent fashion by writing plays, short stories, and poems, or by acting, interpreting, and creating drama. The sequence of such experiences should be related to the students' maturity and to the literature program. Discourse should be arranged along a continuum extending from the person as an inner-speaker (soliloquy) to the person as a speaker-about-things (essay). The conception of communication as discourse provides an effectve rationale for teaching the student to compose and to relate his own experiences to those of the authors whose literature he reads. Three ways in which this may be done are (1) by comparing the generation and transformation of sentences with an author's effort to specify and relate his thoughts, (2) by indicating the continuity between dramatis personae and authors (the paler personae of written monologues), and (3) by emphasizing that rhetoric is the essence of drama--people acting upon each other. (This document is also available from the national council of teachers of english, 508 south sixth st., Champaign, ill. 61820, $1.25, order no. 17751.) (rd)
4 editions published in 1967 in English and held by 241 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Dramatic interaction, the primary vehicle for developing thought and language, is an often unexploited method of encouraging students to communicate with others. Students can learn about language, literature, and composition in a coherent fashion by writing plays, short stories, and poems, or by acting, interpreting, and creating drama. The sequence of such experiences should be related to the students' maturity and to the literature program. Discourse should be arranged along a continuum extending from the person as an inner-speaker (soliloquy) to the person as a speaker-about-things (essay). The conception of communication as discourse provides an effectve rationale for teaching the student to compose and to relate his own experiences to those of the authors whose literature he reads. Three ways in which this may be done are (1) by comparing the generation and transformation of sentences with an author's effort to specify and relate his thoughts, (2) by indicating the continuity between dramatis personae and authors (the paler personae of written monologues), and (3) by emphasizing that rhetoric is the essence of drama--people acting upon each other. (This document is also available from the national council of teachers of english, 508 south sixth st., Champaign, ill. 61820, $1.25, order no. 17751.) (rd)
Coming on center : essays in English education by
James Moffett(
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2 editions published in 1988 in English and held by 210 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published in 1988 in English and held by 210 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Active voices IV by
James Moffett(
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4 editions published in 1986 in English and held by 130 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
4 editions published in 1986 in English and held by 130 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Points of departure : an anthology of nonfiction(
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7 editions published in 1985 in English and held by 127 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
7 editions published in 1985 in English and held by 127 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Active voices III by
James Moffett(
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4 editions published in 1987 in English and held by 90 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
4 editions published in 1987 in English and held by 90 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Active voices II(
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2 editions published in 1987 in English and held by 82 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published in 1987 in English and held by 82 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Active voices I(
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1 edition published in 1987 in English and held by 62 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Introduces the techniques of writing with a collection of diaries, journals, autobiographies, research reports, fictional stories, poems and essays written by students in grades four to six
1 edition published in 1987 in English and held by 62 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Introduces the techniques of writing with a collection of diaries, journals, autobiographies, research reports, fictional stories, poems and essays written by students in grades four to six
Limericks(
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1 edition published in 1973 in English and held by 44 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 1973 in English and held by 44 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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Africa American prose literature Bankers Censorship Children's writings, American College prose, American College readers Critical pedagogy Developing countries Discourse analysis Drama in education Education, Elementary--Curricula Education, Humanistic Educational change Education--Social aspects English language--Composition and exercises English language--Composition and exercises--Study and teaching English language--Rhetoric English language--Study and teaching English language--Study and teaching (Elementary) English language--Study and teaching (Secondary) English prose literature Humorous poetry Interdisciplinary approach in education Interpersonal relations Language arts Language arts (Elementary) Learning--Social aspects Limericks Limericks, Juvenile Lincoln, Abraham, Literature Moffett, James Moral education Narration (Rhetoric) Observation (Educational method) Point of view (Literature) Readers (Elementary) Report writing Report writing--Study and teaching Report writing--Study and teaching (Secondary) School prose, American Short stories Short stories, American Teachers--In-service training Textbooks--Censorship United States Verbal learning Verbal learning--Evaluation West Virginia--Kanawha County
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James Moffett born:1929 ied:1996 Moffett, James (1929-1996).
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