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Peer reviewedMathieson, Margaret – Oxford Review of Education, 1991
Surveys recent government reports addressing problems of teaching English to the school population of England. States responses to these reports have exposed scholarly community conflicts. Notes the present demand for a return to formal grammar and standard English moving away from the 1970s movement towards the linguistic/vocational model. (NL)
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Developed Nations
Bailey, Richard W., Ed.; Fosheim, Robin Melanie, Ed. – 1983
Offering a variety of perspectives, the articles in this book are intended for those who teach reading and writing; those who make policy influencing what is taught, how, and to whom; and those individuals who would influence the influential. The 18 articles are grouped into four sections: "Literacy, Politics, and Policies"; "Forms of Literacy";…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Cognitive Processes, Community Role, Content Area Writing
