!!!Ganzheitsmethode

Holistic Method (German: Ganzheitsmethode), analytical approach to the 
teaching of German reading skills for beginners. Starts with the 
recognition of whole units (words, sentences) and gradually goes back 
to teaching recognition of letters and sounds. First suggested in the 
16%%sup th/%  century (V. Ickelsamer, 1520), it was not adopted on a 
broad scale until the 20%%sup th/%  century unxdef the influence of 
gestalt and holistic psychology. In Austria the method (  Rural School 
Reform) gradually superseded the earlier synthetic approach in the 
late 1940s and became the preferred didactic method for several 
decades. The current approach in primary school teaching seeks to 
combine synthetic and analytic teaching elements.


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