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Bump, Jerome – 1995
In teaching, instruction can focus on literary works as storehouses of emotion that can serve as models of how to communicate emotions to the self and others. To help students identify and articulate what they feel as they read Victorian novels, one instructor asked students to record their emotions in a journal divided with quotes on one side of…
Descriptors: Bibliotherapy, Emotional Development, Higher Education, Humanistic Education
Reeves, Thomas C. – 1998
This paper provides a response to serious critics of media and technology in education. It concludes: (1) media and technology are best used as cognitive tools to learn rather than as surrogate teachers; (2) media and technology are only vehicles for the content and pedagogy that educators design into them; and (3) future efforts to integrate…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Criticism, Educational Change, Educational Media
Smith, Edward L., Jr. – 1983
Given critical theory's current focus on the interaction between writers and readers over the surface of a text, it seems appropriate to examine the semantic component concerned with how writers anticipate that interaction--the interpersonal component. The relevance of the interpersonal component is apparent in traditional instruction on point of…
Descriptors: Audience Analysis, Higher Education, Interpersonal Communication, Language Styles
McPhail, Mark Lawrence – 1983
The field of interpretation needs to be more aware of and sensitive to the contributions of black culture and consciousness. The interpreter wishing to perform black poetry, for example, needs to recognize that the black aesthetic has its roots in African culture and traditions and does not always share the assumptions of the European or…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, Art Expression, Black Culture, Black History
Slack, P. J. Ford – 1990
An analysis of the relationship between the history of the word "supervision" and the evolution of the American public education system, with a focus on women's roles, is presented in this paper. A historical overview of the role of educational supervision in the United States is followed by discussion of an alternative way of viewing supervision,…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Cultural Context, Cultural Influences, Educational History
Howell, Helen – 1985
Many gifted children enter kindergarten already reading and in need of reading instruction that is different from the regular program. A reading program for gifted youngsters that is literature-based will help develop comprehension skills at the highest cognitive levels and will also foster the desire to read. Beginning with the interpretation of…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Childrens Literature, Critical Reading, Critical Thinking
Keating, Keith – 1980
The major thesis of this paper is that the teaching of English should be interdisciplinary. The paper shows that the works of George Bernard Shaw and William Shakespeare are interdisciplinary and observes that the greatest current educational need is for breadth of education and interdisciplinary linkages rather than for transmission of facts. It…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives
Alexander, Robin Ruth – 1979
The author describes the structure and methodology of "educational criticism" and provides excerpts from a study done in a high school art history class. Educational criticism is based on lengthy classroom observations and describes, interprets, and evaluates classroom life. The educational critic must be knowledgeable about classrooms and the…
Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, Art History, Classroom Observation Techniques, Course Evaluation

Cullars, John – College and Research Libraries, 1988
This study examined the nature and chronological spread of references used by English-speaking scholars writing monographs on foreign literary topics, and compared the findings to an earlier study of the monographic literature of English and American literature and the humanities journal literature. Implications for research library collections…
Descriptors: Citations (References), Comparative Analysis, Foreign Language Books, Foreign Language Periodicals

Fulmer, Hal W. – Rhetoric Society Quarterly, 1986
Examines the increasingly Orwellian inaugural addresses of the last two decades and how these speeches make use of the mythical principle of "unification," leading to a sacralization of American society and its placement into a cosmic order. Offers these mythic elements as an example of the pervasiveness of Oldspeak and mythic rhetoric…
Descriptors: Mythology, Nationalism, Patriotism, Persuasive Discourse

Worthington, Pepper – English Journal, 1985
Offers a rationale that can be used to defend the assignment of Alice Walker's controversial novel for class reading. Indicates four issues that might evoke calls for censorship: (1) subject matter, (2) vocabulary, (3) grammar, and (4) the epistolary form of the work. (RBW)
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Censorship, Conflict, Conflict Resolution

Stratton, R. E. – Rhetoric Review, 1985
Looks at English departments, English curricula, and the activities of professional organizations in the field, and concludes that bureaucracies, with their vested interest in the status quo, prevent effective action against a range of major problems faced by English teachers. (RBW)
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Bureaucracy, Computer Oriented Programs, Educational Innovation

Blumenfeld, Phyllis C.; And Others – Educational Researcher, 1996
Illustrates variations in purposes and types of peer-learning group work in public schools, and details factors that influence the process. Describes new developments in peer learning and collaborative communities, as well as the technology support for collaboration. (GR)
Descriptors: Accountability, Class Organization, Classroom Techniques, Criticism

McMurty, John – Canadian Social Studies, 1997
Presents an interesting metaphorical critique of the current enthusiasm for the global market and the free market system. Delineates 10 defining principles of a fundamentalist theological doctrine and then suggests replacing the term "global market" with "Supreme Ruler." Criticizes free market capitalism as being occasionally…
Descriptors: Capitalism, Criticism, Economic Factors, Economic Impact
Arnold, Michael – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 2003
Rural education scholars may be biased advocates of small schools or they may accept the values of the scientific community. An analysis of a rural Pennsylvania district's failure to receive Reading First funding did not provide enough information to determine why the proposal was rejected. The article's arguments about "privatization"…
Descriptors: Bias, Criticism, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education