Encourages the Yale English Department to put an end to the unnatural separation of the teaching of literacy and the teaching of literature. (DD)

Gives advice for the beginning teacher by narrating the experiences of one teacher's childhood and explaining how these experiences shaped the teacher's professional outlook. Concentrates on one of the teacher's memories of her childhood vacation cottage and her father. (HB)

Describes the best young adult novels of 1993. Outlines the contents of the books and evaluates the books as suitable for middle and high school readers. (HB)

Outlines current critiques of U.S. higher education. Describes the activities and findings of the Illinois state task force on assessment of language arts in the 1980s. Describes how Illinois State University's English department defined the goals of English majors and dramatically altered the curriculum. (HB)

In this article, the author describes a personal teaching experience that led her to incorporate improvisational drama into her English classroom. The author describes justifications for implementing drama into the classroom as well as the possible benefits gained by teachers and students. Also included are several improvisational dramatic…

Describes the development, the purpose, and the accomplishments of the writing laboratory at the University of Wisconsin. (RB)

Paper presented at Annual Convention of National Council of Teachers of English (Milwaukee, Wis., November 28-30, 1968).

For at least three reasons, university English faculties should reassess their attitudes toward children's literature, a field of vital importance in children's education. First, specialists in children's literature are sorely needed in English departments, where courses on the subject properly belong (rather than in colleges of education).…

This paper presents a commentary on the Report of the Commission on English published in 1965, "Freedom and Discipline in English." In particular, inconsistencies between the Commission's Recommendation 13, calling for a clearly defined sequence of study from grade to grade, and other statements apparently contradicting this sequential structure…

Originally presented at a series of NCTE Spring Institutes on the topic "Behavioral Objectives/Humanistic Goals: Bridging the Gap," the papers in this monograph are divided into four sections. Sections one contains personal credos on the goals of English teaching: "McNamara's Band and the Educational Edsel" by Charles Weingartner; "English…

The eighth volume of a compilation of all documents relating to English teaching which have been processed into the ERIC system is presented. This volume brings the index through June 1972. (DR)

A bibliography of all documents relating to English teaching and announced in "Research in Education" is presented. Documents listed in this index cover the period July through December 1972. (CK)

The sixth volume of a compilation of all documents relating to English teaching which have been processed into the ERIC system is presented. This volume brings the index through June 1971. (CK)