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Kunnath, Joshua P.; Jackson, Arika – Journal of Media Literacy Education, 2019
As young people today are flooded with information from a multitude of sources, they must be prepared to perceive the potentially oppressive and nefarious nature of many texts. Critical literacy is a theory and strategy that allows young people, along with people of all ages, to achieve just this; however, teachers often experience difficulties…
Descriptors: Social Media, Critical Literacy, Consciousness Raising, Grade 11
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Hern, Katie; Snell, Myra – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2014
This chapter describes how the authors are using data and professional learning to mobilize change in developmental English and mathematics curricula and pedagogy across multiple community colleges in California.
Descriptors: State Programs, Acceleration (Education), Developmental Programs, Educational Change
Jaggars, Shanna Smith; Hodara, Michelle; Stacey, Georgia West – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2013
This practitioner packet is designed to help community college administrators implement reforms to developmental education at their colleges. It reviews common impediments to developmental reform and presents data that supports directions colleges can take to create a system of developmental education that might serve students more effectively.…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Change, Administrators, College Administration
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McCormick, Jennifer; Hafner, Anne L.; Saint Germain, Michelle – Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 2013
The study aimed to examine teachers' and students' views on the impact of the Expository Reading and Writing Course (ERWC) on students' college readiness and on teaching practices. Literature in the areas of college readiness, critiques of the English curriculum at the secondary level, and a review of research on the effects of ERWC are…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Expository Writing, Writing Instruction
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Bamberg, Betty – Research in the Teaching of English, 1981
Identifies changes in the composition curriculum in California secondary schools between 1975 and 1979. (HOD)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis, Educational Change, Educational Trends
Evans, Martha Coffin – Phi Delta Kappan, 1985
Analysis of changes in the graduation requirements, credit requirements, and curriculum in high school English in California since the adoption of minimum competency testing by state law during the 1976-77 legislative session suggests that statewide legislative mandates can have significant impact on school district programs and priorities. (PGD)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Change Agents, Educational Change, English Curriculum
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1987
Designed to help implement the goals of the California state educational reform movement, this document presents a philosophical and practical framework for a literature based English language arts curriculum that will encourage students to read widely and in depth, write often in many formats, study important writings from many disciplines, and…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Class Activities, Communication Skills, Critical Thinking