Discusses what a month-long seminar on English teaching in Dartmouth in 1966 accomplished and failed to accomplish. Outlines its stance on integrated activities and assessment. Notes questions not raised at the seminar, by default or inevitability. Proposes new questions and possibilities since Dartmouth. (PM)

Presents six narratives from teachers including: "VCE English at Lilydale High School" (Valerie Mayer); "Should 'I' Be Their Teacher" (Mark Matcott); "Teaching Poetry to Year 7 English Students" (Janet Lyons); "Creative Art Therapy and Mandalas" (Demi Flessa); "Would the 'Real' Teacher Please Stand…

Notes that contemporary debates about the place of English in the secondary curriculum are fueled by two concerns: the perceived need for greater vocationalism in school curricula and anxieties about students' literacy levels. Proposes that English teachers are particularly subject to the conflicting demands made upon schools by governments,…

Ponders why the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" has held a place in the secondary school canon for 40 years. Describes a 10-week unit for year 10 English students that takes a critical literacy approach to the novel. Outlines a set of pre-reading activities, during reading activities and post-reading activities. (SR)

Urges participants at the annual conference of Australian English teachers to unify their efforts toward solving educational problems and improving the public's understanding of the English teaching profession. (RL)

Uses examples of poetry by Australians to show how response to a poem depends on being a good listener; detecting with accuracy the tone of voice that governs the poem. (RL)

Reviews one study of writing across the secondary curriculum and focuses on interrelationships of language development, research, and teaching. Advocates that school systems institute guidelines by which all teachers, regardless of their specialist areas, take responsibility for students' overall language development. (RL)

Provides a framework for planning an approach to text through drama and describes a lesson plan using this approach with "Red Shift" by Dorothy Heathcote. (HOD)

Describes an approach to teaching Shakespeare's "King Lear" in which the teacher provides the students with a modern context/experience that forces them to evaluate their own feelings and actions. (HOD)

Offers teaching ideas that can be used with the recently compiled "Annotated Bibliography of Australian Ethnic Minority Literature." (HOD)

Raises some points on film teaching and makes a case for including the study of film and television as part of the school curriculum for English teaching. (RB)

Outlines selection principles that should govern the selection of textbooks for the English classroom. (HOD)

Six participants in the Third International Conference on the Teaching of English share their views on the contributions made during the conference. (HOD)

Identifies 20 major ideas about writing instruction resulting from a study of 93 Australian teachers of Grade 10 English. (RL)

Reports on the findings of a pilot study investigating the reading choices and habits of adolescents between the ages of 12 and 15 years. Sets out to understand more fully what, when, where, why and how adolescents between the ages of 12 and 15 years are reading, and the implications of this information for teachers and classroom reading pedagogy.…