Claims scholars in English, as a field of study, share a common object of study, specifically the study of discourse. Compares and attempts to integrate the scholarship on one part of discourse--genre--from two subdisciplines of English, literary and composition study. (NH)

Elective programs may not offer real choices either to students or teachers. (JH)

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 booklet describes the English curriculum at Narrabri High School in Narrabri, Australia. Discussed are such topics as the district of Narrabri, the policy of the high school, the English department and its policies (homework, faculty meetings, discipline, textbooks, and faculty library); a model of English studies, reading, writing…

In this paper, it is argued that fragmentation inevitably occurs in a discipline whenever that discipline loses its distinctive center, and that the proper center for any program of literary study is an abiding concern with demonstrating and teaching the function of the symbolic imagination. The author suggests that any department of literature…

This curriculum guide for Indio High School (California) describes a phased-elective English curriculum designed to meet the basic needs of high school students with more flexibility than traditional programs offer. The guide contains a list of courses divided to correspond to each of the eight phases in the English program. Each course in the…

Describes the organization and aims of the English curriculum at the University of Iowa. (AA)

Harold H. Kolb, Jr., introduces three historical discussions of graduate education in English. C. Hugh Holman discusses "The Desperate Soldier-Scholars: Graduate Study in English, 1946-1956." Robert Kellogg discusses "The Boom Years: Graduate Education in English, 1955-1968." Fred L. Standley considers "'Living Modernly's Living Quickly': Beyond…

Discusses the value of literary study in developing critical thinking in two-year college students. (HOD)

Discusses the potential of NCTE for "influencing the direction of teacher education and the curriculum, for "making an ally of the textbook publisher, and for assisting children in acquiring a sense of personal identity; an address delivered at the NCTE annual convention (59th, Washington,D.C., November 27, 1969); article also appears, as…

This is a report on a month-long conference held during the summer of 1966 at Dartmouth College to analyze the teaching of the English.

Describes the development of a competency-based English curriculum at Sterling College in Kansas and lists the 36 competencies required of an English major graduating with a bachelors degree. (RB)