Calls for a recasting of English in tune with changes that new digital technologies are heralding. Argues that it will be essential for children to acquire skills such as selecting, sequencing, manipulating and re-forming texts and to co-ordinate different layers of meaning. (NH)

A sampling of the literature on reading objectives shows a weak sense of direction beyond elementary school. After assessing the problem, the Bureau of Language Arts of the Chicago Board of Education selected inference as the focus of high school reading. To develop a taxonomy of inferences, the Chicago committee began inductively, by writing or…

This paper discusses articulating the language arts curriculum. Articulating the language arts curriculum is talking about it to and with peers, with students, and with oneself. It is argued that this dialogue and internal searching for a directional sense for the language arts curriculum is actually the basis for the curriculum itself. Language…

This book is an annotated list of curriculum guides in the language arts which have been recommended by the Committee on Curriculum Bulletins of the National Council of Teachers of English. The guides are voluntarily submitted to the committee for evaluation and review, and those selected best exemplify good curriculum planning and guide writing…

Provides an interim report on the present state of the undergraduate English curriculum and the English major. (SRT)

Lists 26 sources of literature from the California Reading List. (DF)

Describes the related processes of metaphoric production and comprehension as they are represented by students in the five-to-eleven year age range. Offers guidelines for incorporating the exploration of metaphor in elementary school language programs. (HTH)

Describes the hazards of too broad and shallow a preparation for secondary school English teachers and presents some ideas for a proper teacher attitude. (AN)

Describes the conflict between teaching women's literature and teaching the traditional American literature curriculum. Points out the neglect of H.B. Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" in most American literature courses. (AEA)

Outlines reasons for having programs for the gifted. Describes the gifted instructional program at the author's high school. (JT)

Outlines key transformations of secondary education in New South Wales in the twentieth century. Discusses the debate of whether the study of literature should be compulsory. Details the study of literature articulated in the 1965 syllabus and its revision in the 1990s. (PM)

Shows some of the conditions under which South African educators work and similarities to the conditions in the United States. Cites some features of English education under apartheid and then explains how progressive teachers are using those features for their own ends. (MG)

English Language Development (ELD) and Academic English Development (AED) curricula in most public schools lack a communicative method and consist mostly of dry, meaningless grammar lessons devoid of relevance and authentic context. The purpose of this project is to develop guidelines to teach English language to elementary school children…

A practicum addressed the high percentage of high-level high school students not making minimum Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) verbal scores required by area colleges for placement in regular college course work. Two advanced sophomore English classes received 12 weeks of instruction with five components, including the use of: (1) the College…

Analysis of 38 curriculum guides suggests the pace of change in English classrooms is slow and undramatic. (JH)