Presents a transcript of a panel discussion at Colgate University in which people in various professions spoke about their writing experiences in school and on the job. Notes that these stories told by professionals about their writing experiences can be seen as part of an institutional history and part of a disciplinary history. (RS)

Traces social change and evolution of the American writing curriculum. Argues that technology alone is not responsible for an increasingly oral approach to written language. Discusses emergent dimensions of email that alter communication access, social interaction, and response. (PA)

Presents descriptions of influential individuals who have shaped language arts education as it is know today. Elaborates on contributions of: Sylvia Ashton-Warner; Natalie Robinson Cole; Julia Weber Gordon; and Alvina Treut Burrows. (SG)

This handbook functions as a crown on the European Students' Union's work on gender equality over the past two years. Since the establishment of the Gender Equality Committee, a lot of work has been done to improve gender equality in higher education generally, and in student unions more particularly. This handbook gathers the experiences and…

The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) and the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) have commissioned this toolkit to help colleges effectively publicize a major milestone: in 2001, America's community colleges will celebrate 100 years of service and achievement. This year-long celebration presents community colleges…

An understanding of events, individuals, and philosophies that preceded present-day health education will help to contribute to the health education profession. Biographical research helps to present a realistic account of the accomplishments of individuals in the past. Guidelines are presented for selecting a research subject. (JN)

Solicits the opinions of W. Ross Winterowd, the educator/scholar who established the Rhetoric, Linguistics, and Literature Program at the University of Southern California in the early 1960s, as to the current state of the profession. (PA)

Reprints an article originally published in 1920. Presents academic standards by which junior high schools might operate. Discusses standards for the preparation of teachers, teaching load, program of studies, salaries, and building and equipment. (RS)

Two scenes are presented from a longer one-act (nine scene) play about the history of deaf Americans. The scenes relate the misbeliefs and suspicions among early Americans about the deaf and the founding of the first American school for the deaf by Thomas Gallaudet. (CB)

Outlines the history of the use of the Instructional Design Process (a "systems approach" that can be applied to the curriculum development process) and its advantages. Includes a summary of the process and a list of references. (MD

First published in 1934 and updated in 1965 and 1986, Nila Banton Smith's "American Reading Instruction" has provided insight and historical perspective to reading instruction in the United States beginning with the colonial era. This "Special Edition" addresses such areas as theories and practical applications; established and…

This wide-ranging analysis of doctoral education in English Studies challenges readers to reconsider their assumptions about how English Ph.D. programs came to be, what purposes they serve, and what they might become--what they ought to become--in the 21st century. Section I traces the first century of English doctoral education in the American…

Considers why the traditional research paper seems to have been part of the English curriculum forever. Provides a glimpse at what teachers in the past have done to alter its teaching and final format and provides a background against which English teachers may want to reevaluate and reinspire their own teaching of the research paper. (SG)

Suggests the chief art of the teacher in the study of language and the chief goal of having children write compositions consists not just of giving them themes but presenting them with a large choice, pointing out the scope of the composition, and indicating initial steps. Discusses how the author "unexpectedly" came up with this method…

Offers an historical definition of social constructionism, a review of its conceptual bases, and an exploration of its epistemological implications. Describes a history comprised of three paradigmatically distinct waves: a sociological, a postmodern, and an emerging third wave grounded in new realism or neonaturalism. Suggests potential uses of…