The Los Angles County Office of Education developed the Educational Communications Network (ETN) to help implement English curriculum reform mandated by the California State Board of Education in 1987. ETN has become an electronic staff development distribution system using satellite-transmitted live and interactive inservice programing. (MLH)

Proposes that English teachers recycle philology as a field of study. Redefines the shape of philology in view of postmodern theories of signification. Considers concepts of hermeneutics in retheorizing the aims of philology. Shows how such philological investigation might be used in the classroom to study literary texts. (HB)

Outlines the controversies that began as the English Department at Louisiana State University tried to revise the departmental curriculum. Raises important questions for any department to consider as they undertake a similar revision. (HB)

In this article, the author discusses the importance of questioning in understanding teaching practice and the possibilities of inquiry in English education. The author has come to believe that the most important thing everyone can do in the field of English education is to support teachers in establishing a questioning stance that will evolve…

Attempts to define the role of English in the system of higher education. (RB)

Describes some of the idols of English departments and suggests what must be done to revivify the teaching of college English. (RB)

Stresses the importance teaching children in the elementary grades how to use spoken language in addition to written language in developing literacy skills. (RB)

This publication, compiled by the NCTE Committee to Review Curriculum Guides, provides informative and evaluative annotations for 63 elementary and secondary curriculum guides. These guides, reviewed and recommended in 1965-1968, are presented as a resource for schools and agencies which are developing and writing curriculums. The annotations…

This publication, compiled by the NCTE Committee on Curriculum Bulletins, provides informative and evaluative annotations for 50 elementary and secondary curriculum guides. These guides, reviewed and recommended in 1965-1969, are presented to publicize good curriculum planning and guide writing and to provide models for schools revising their…

This book considers problems in reading and writing and in the teaching of both. Chapter one, based on Tyler's method of inquiry into problems of curriculum and instruction, introduces the framework within which problems of planning and teaching are discussed in the remainder of the book. Chapters two through four deal with aspects of…

Offers nine questions that secondary school English teachers need to answer when considering the place of dramatic works in the curriculum. (RL)

Describes a typical graduate program in English, suggests ways such programs might usefully evolve in the future, and points to aspects of such programs that should be left as they are. (GW)

Describes the award-winning English curriculum of Monroe Catholic High School in Fairbanks, Alaska, which provides progressive movement through grammar, reading, writing, and study skills, while developing students' self-confidence and awareness of their role in the world. (DMM)

College English has become increasingly pluralistic, which can produce either hostility and stubbornness or intellectual clarity and mental challenge. Subject matter, methodology, and context are issues for faculty to consider carefully. Students well-grounded in Western culture and having skills in logical thinking and writing will gain the most…