Oh, Those Golden Teaching Days of Yore.

Donelson, Ken

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ERIC Number: EJ600957

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2000

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ISSN: ISSN-0013-8274

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Oh, Those Golden Teaching Days of Yore.

Donelson, Ken

English Journal, v89 n3 p45-48 Jan 2000

Offers quotes from articles about English teaching in the United States published in professional journals from 1847 to 1955. Suggests there never was a "golden age" of English teaching. Shows discussion and controversy about teaching writing, about what literature should be allowed in the schools, whether teaching grammar is worthwhile, and whether the English curriculum was going to hell. (SR)

Descriptors: Classics (Literature), Curriculum, Educational History, Educational Trends, English Instruction, Grammar, Literature Appreciation, Novels, Secondary Education, Teacher Attitudes, Writing Instruction

Publication Type: Historical Materials; Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Note: Theme: Our History, Ourselves.