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Peer reviewedBurton, Dwight L. – English Journal, 1974
Suggests that English teachers' basic objectives should be to lead students to experience literature as a way of knowing parallel in importance to the ways found in mathematics and science and further discusses the purposes and content of literature courses. (TO)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, English Curriculum, Literature, Literature Appreciation
Burton, Dwight L. – Engl Educ, 1970
Suggests requirements for a doctoral program in English education. (SW)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Doctoral Dissertations, Doctoral Programs, English Curriculum
Peer reviewedBurton, Dwight L. – Educational Forum, 1973
Author tackles the basic problem of justifying instruction in a level of language usage that is regarded as elitist. (Editor/CB)
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, English Curriculum, English Education, English Instruction
Peer reviewedBurton, Dwight L.; Early, Margaret J. – Research in the Teaching of English, 1974
Descriptors: English Curriculum, Evaluation Methods, International Education, International Programs
Download full textBurton, Dwight L. – 1968
Literature can play a prominent part in revitalizing the teaching of English because it can provide students with both immediate and future rewards. As an immediate reward, literature allows students to imaginatively experience situations which they have not yet encountered. It thus acts acts as a liberating force for young people from the…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Curriculum Enrichment, Dramatics, English Curriculum
Peer reviewedBurton, Dwight L. – English Journal, 1971
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation, Educational Research
Burton, Dwight L. – 1970
The content of a literature program defined in terms of the structure of literature is proposed. A three-layer definition of structure is suggested which considers (1) the substance of literature, including man and his gods, man and the natural world, man and other men, and man and himself; (2) mode in literature, including the romantic, comic,…
Descriptors: Choral Speaking, Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing, English Curriculum
Burton, Dwight L. – 1982
Throughout its history, the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) has addressed the question: How can literature be fully revealed to students at all educational levels? In answering this question, NCTE has (1) clarified the rationale and objectives for teaching literature, with a view to reconciling concepts of literature as both an…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Aesthetic Education, Censorship, Childrens Literature
