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Winterowd, W. Ross – ADE Bulletin, 1980
Argues that a paradox exists in humanities departments when such departments, which are the custodians and beneficiaries of literacy, fail to concern themselves with reading, writing, and pedagogy. (DF)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Educational Policy, English Departments, Higher Education
Download full textUrch, Kakie – 1995
The violence of any literacy acquisition in the contact zone between the powered, the disempowered, and the empowered is never clearcut. But, nevertheless, calls to theory literacy from the late 70s and early 80s have been answered with a rush. Michael Berube writes that "graduate school in English seems to have a very bad effect on people…
Descriptors: English Departments, Graduate Students, Graduate Study, Higher Education
Eastman, Arthur M. – 1981
The home mission of the University English department is the teaching of reading and writing, and its foreign mission is the "converting" to a higher literacy of those outside the English department, especially those who teach English in the high schools and other subjects at the college level. Potential high school English teachers'…
Descriptors: College English, English Curriculum, English Departments, English Instruction
Peer reviewedLindsey, Alfred J. – English Education, 1976
The responsibility for freshman composition programs should be taken from English departments and given to departments of literacy. (JH)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, English Departments, Higher Education, Language Instruction
Wilcox, Bonita L., Ed. – English Leadership Quarterly, 2003
This 25th volume of "English Leadership Quarterly" contains articles on topics of interest to those in positions of leadership in departments (elementary, secondary, or college) where English is taught. Each issue focuses on a different theme. Articles in Volume 25 Number 1 focus on leadership and literacy and are: "Research Summary…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, English Curriculum, English Departments
Kiernan, Henry, Ed. – English Leadership Quarterly, 2000
This 22nd volume of the "English Leadership Quarterly" contains articles on topics of interest to those in positions of leadership in departments (elementary, secondary, or college) where English is taught. Each issue highlights a different theme. Articles in Volume 22 Number 1 are: "Collaboration: Making a Difference"…
Descriptors: Action Research, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, English Curriculum
Peer reviewedCarlman, Nancy – English Education, 1988
Discusses the activities and accomplishments of the Canadian Council of Teachers of English (CCTE), especially with regard to its Teacher Education Commission's "Statement on the Preparation of Teachers of English and the Language Arts." (MS)
Descriptors: Canadian Literature, Elementary Secondary Education, English Departments, English Instruction
Ledbetter, Rosanna – 1978
Reasons for the literacy problem on college and university campuses and the role of higher education in confronting this problem are discussed. Many young people today lack English skills necessary for holding a job, and students entering college are deficient in basic language skills. Some educators feel that college admission standards should be…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Role, College Students, Educational Testing
