From Individualized Instruction to Individualized Instruction: An Historical Study of the Path followed by Reading Instruction in the United States from Colonial Times to the Present

Author

Barbara Jean Hunt, University of Omaha

Date of Award

6-1-1961

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

Educational Leadership

First Advisor

Dr. Harry W. Johnson

Second Advisor

Dr. Hollie Bethel

Third Advisor

Dr. Joseph Dunn

Fourth Advisor

Dr. Francis Hurst

Abstract

A Roman named Tacitus once said: "In all things there is a kind of law of cycles." This statement has meaning for the field of reading instruction; for there is, at the present time, evidence to indicate that reading instruction may complete a cycle in the future. In the colonial times reading instruction was individualized. Today the most widely discussed trend in the teaching of reading is individualized reading. The individualized instruction of today, however, is qualitatively different from that of colonial times.

Comments

A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School University of Omaha In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts in Education. Copyright Barbara Jean Hunt June, 1961

Recommended Citation

Hunt, Barbara Jean, "From Individualized Instruction to Individualized Instruction: An Historical Study of the Path followed by Reading Instruction in the United States from Colonial Times to the Present" (1961). Student Work. 2445.
https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/studentwork/2445