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Minnesota State Dept. of Children, Families, and Learning, St. Paul. – 1997
Developed by classroom teachers during the development phase of Minnesota's Graduation Standards, this performance package is made up of locally designed assignments that, taken together, show whether a student has learned and can apply the knowledge and skills related to writing in the English language for a variety of academic purposes and…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Academic Standards, Class Activities, Cooperative Learning
Burgan, Mary – Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009
In this provocative work, Mary Burgan surveys the deterioration of faculty influence in higher education. From campus planning, curriculum, and instructional technology to governance, pedagogy, and academic freedom, she urges far greater consideration for the perspective of the faculty. Burgan evokes the pervasive atmosphere of charge and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Academic Freedom, Educational Technology, Faculty Recruitment
Armstrong, Michael – Open University Press, 2006
In this book, the author reveals the creative force of children's narrative imagination and shows how this develops through childhood. He provides a new and powerful understanding of the significance of narrative for children's intellectual growth and for learning and teaching. The book explores a series of real stories written by children between…
Descriptors: Tales, Mythology, Anthologies, Imagination
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Bean, Thomas W.; Harper, Helen J. – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2006
This article offers teachers a critical framework for use and adaptation in organizing class discussions focused on notions of freedom in young adult literature. The authors open by discussing the notion of freedom, including concepts related to negative and positive freedom and to arguments advocating critical discussion of common assumptions…
Descriptors: Novels, Young Adults, Freedom, Adolescent Literature
Dreybus, Mary Ellen – 2000
An adult educator who teachers General Educational Development (GED) test preparation conducted an action research project to determine whether learning activities requiring students to learn about and discuss famous paintings would equip them with critical thinking skills that they could eventually use when completing the reading and writing…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Art Criticism
Donmoyer, Robert – Cognosos, 1995
This article briefly reviews the central ideas associated with the notion of systemic reform and indicates how these ideas are manifested in the draft of the National Science Education Standards. The draft is critiqued and what the critique suggests about the viability and utility of the notion of systemic reform is considered. The discussion…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Criticism, Educational Change, Evaluation Methods
Clark, Gilbert; Maher, Kevina – 1992
This document is an annotated bibliography of currently available instructional materials and resources for use in art education. As teachers strive to implement new emphases on content and learning experiences related to newer aspects of art education such as aesthetics, art criticism, and art history, as well as creative art experiences, they…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, Annotated Bibliographies, Art Criticism, Art Education
Hollingworth, Brian – Use of English, 1987
Discusses specific stories and approaches for introducing the works of West Indies author Michael Anthony in secondary school literature classes. (HTH)
Descriptors: Authors, English Instruction, Foreign Countries, Literary Criticism
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Gibson, Carol S. Anderson – English Journal, 1987
Provides a list of 118 reasons why the author's students claim they study American literature, including: (1) to broaden their vocabulary, (2) to learn from other people's experiences, and (3) to develop an open mind about different kinds of literature. (JD)
Descriptors: Literary Criticism, Reader Response, Reading Attitudes, Secondary Education
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Heginbotham, Eleanor – English Journal, 1986
A teacher discusses how she used criticism of "The Scarlet Letter," when studying the book, in her honors class. The students were also intrigued by the biographical information they learned about Hawthorne, and eager to use it in interpreting his novel. (SRT)
Descriptors: Biographies, English Instruction, Honors Curriculum, Literary Criticism
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Stam, Robert – Journal of Film and Video, 1984
Using films, readings, and textual and intertextual analysis, the course covers the cinema of India, Egypt, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Cuba, and Senegal. (PD)
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Developing Nations, Film Criticism
Michalak, Stanley – Foreign Policy Research Institute, 2002
As the shock of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks was drawing down, the author decided to peruse the International Relations (IR) textbooks on his home and office shelves to determine what students would find to help them make sense out of the events that so stunned the nation. Consulting ten different textbooks, he found "sloppy…
Descriptors: Terrorism, Textbooks, International Relations, Content Analysis
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Burton, David – Art Education, 1989
Shows how the advertisement copy for "collectible art" can be used to develop a definition of art. Suggests that middle and high school students should look at the criteria for art offered in the advertisements. Recommends they analyze the terminology used to convince the lay person that the object is "genuine" art. (LS)
Descriptors: Advertising, Art Activities, Art Criticism, Art Education
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Mbabuike, Michael C. – Community Review, 1991
Finds the commentaries of U.S. critics on the works of Chinua Achebe and other African writers ethnocentric, misinformed, and devoid of cogent analysis. Advocates a microscopic sociocultural contextualization of the works, emphasizing the nuances, history, and specifications of the African milieu. Discusses Achebe's special place in reading lists…
Descriptors: African Literature, Cultural Context, Ethnocentrism, Foreign Culture
Krukones, Michael G.; And Others – 1986
An interdisciplinary course integrating political science, literature, and film is used at Bellarmine College in Kentucky as a vehicle for examining politics on the local, state, national and international levels. Four novels and their analogous films are used, corresponding to the respective political level--"The Last Hurrah,""All…
Descriptors: Course Content, Film Criticism, Film Study, Fused Curriculum
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