Urges more careful and extensive preparation for the teaching of writing, through graduate programs in English. (AA)

Reviews selected English and language arts curriculum guides in use in five provinces--British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, and Nova Scotia. The discussion focuses on the literature sections of the curriculum guides. (SRT)

Survey prepared by the Research and Curriculum Branch of the Queensland Department of Education. (SP)

Describes the development of a pre-technical program designed to build English skills for potential technical college applicants. (GR)

Describes the program for gifted English students at Hinsdale (Illinois) Central High School, which emphasizes the development of verbal skills. (JL)

Encourages English teachers to consider student themes as real texts, and discusses the bond between the teaching of literary works and the teaching of composition that would be forged thereby. (DD)

A former English department chairman looks back with optimism at the state of English education since 1930 and discusses how it might be of use in developing future curricula. (HTH)

The president-elect of the National Council of Teachers of English, provides an overview of the various trends in English instruction during the last 30 years. (Author)

Discusses developments in program evaluation, suggests ways these may be used to develop the English curriculum, and suggests ways to improve evaluation. (DD)

Recommends eight books about literature, literary criticism, and the teaching of literature. (MG)

Surveys National Council of Teachers of English Centers of Excellence to learn how good English curricula develop. Discusses the Center of Excellence's origins and development, curriculum approval process, implementation, evaluation and assessment, funding, and obstacles. Concludes that the Centers of Excellence offer a highly professional,…

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 visits to her father in an extended care facility. (HB)

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 the qualities of thought and habit that teachers should bring to the teaching profession. (HB)