Where Were We, Where Are We as Community College English Teachers?.

McPherson, Elisabeth

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Publication Date: 1990

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Where Were We, Where Are We as Community College English Teachers?

McPherson, Elisabeth

Teaching English in the Two-Year College, v17 n2 p92-99 May 1990

Discusses issues of concern to community college English teachers in the 1960s: institutional growth, professional recognition, work load, sexism in language, students' right to their own language, teacher training, racism and bias, back to basics movement, usage tests, and doublespeak. Presents excerpts from a speech made by the author in 1969 concerning innovation in education. (RS)

Descriptors: Back to Basics, College English, Educational History, Educational Innovation, Educational Trends, Faculty Workload, Language Tests, Professional Recognition, Racial Bias, Sexism in Language, Two Year Colleges

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Speeches/Meeting Papers; Opinion Papers; Guides - Non-Classroom

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Language: English

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