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Anderson, Philip M. – 1980
The study of literature in the secondary schools should not be based merely on affective and aesthetic grounds, but on cognitive and linguistic grounds as well. The facilitation of linguistic and cognitive growth can occur only in an environment that allows adolescents to experience literature on their own terms. The carefully structured,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cognitive Development, Educational Theories, English Instruction
Peer reviewedAnderson, Philip M. – English Journal, 1986
Presents an overview of the competing visions of the literature curriculum currently being advanced. Also presents the historical roots of the approaches, as well as the assumptions about learning and adolescents that each approach makes. (NKA)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
