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Appleman, Deborah – English Journal, 2013
Deborah Appleman's recent research has focused on teaching college-level language and literature courses for incarcerated men. In this article, she discusses using creative writing as a way to unlock creative potential, to foster students' love of language, and to offer a powerful outlet for self-expression in a class she teaches with…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Correctional Institutions, Institutionalized Persons, Creative Writing
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Rogers, Joseph A. – English Journal, 1975
The increasing abstractness of our language makes it difficult to deal effectively with concrete social problems. (JH)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Diachronic Linguistics, Educational History, Greek Civilization
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Miller, James E., Jr. – English Journal, 1970
An open letter by the President of the National Council of Teachers of English; appears also in College English," vol. 32, no. 2 (November 1970), pp. 237-38, and in Elementary English," vol. 47, no. 7 (November 1970), pp. 914-16. (RD)
Descriptors: Educational Responsibility, English Instruction, Human Dignity, Humanities
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Porter, M. Gilbert – English Journal, 1972
Descriptors: Fiction, Human Dignity, Literature, Moral Criticism
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Kaywell, Joan F.; Joseph, Rebecca J. – English Journal, 1998
Discusses the power of books and literacy, the power of giving students their own books to take home, and young adult novels in which the importance of books is a major theme. Offers brief descriptions of 27 books (mostly novels) whose stories focus on the power of books and literacy. (SR)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Books, Human Dignity, Individual Power