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Lancaster County Schools, Lancaster, SC. – 1970
Working on the premise that the homogeneous grouping of students based on student performance, testing, and recommendations can enable students to develop to their fullest potential, this English curriculum guide for grades seven through twelve is arranged to cover high and/or average achieving students and low achieving students. The guide is…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Curriculum Guides, English Curriculum, Grammar
Carmichael, Carolyn W. – 1970
This document focuses on an approach to solving the problems of youth in the seventies. The point is made that the wide range of choices available to young people today are the result of scientific and technological advances and require the making of value judgments. Since the number of alternatives will increase, it is recommended that today's…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, English Curriculum, Fiction, Literature
Hall, Peggy; Knappe, Shirley – 1971
The course, "Ideas of Western Man: Expressionism and Realism," involves the analysis of some predominant schools and man's changing thought through the study of literature. In studying Expressionism and Realism as they have affected contemporary American Culture, philosophy is emphasized, and painting, sculpture, and music are used for…
Descriptors: American Culture, Art, Course Content, Curriculum Guides
Hargraves, Richard B. – 1971
The Quinmester course "Values" includes nine areas of study designed to develop student awareness and development of a personal value system: (1) consideration of a positive self-image as part of a system of values; (2) differentiation between acts of tolerance and intolerance; (3) investigation of the role mental preparedness based on…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Objectives, Curriculum Guides, English Curriculum
Matthews, Dorothy, Ed. – Illinois English Bulletin, 1976
The five articles in this journal are related to the use of traditional materials in elementary and secondary schools in Illinois. Specific topics discussed include folk literature in secondary schools, traditional songs in elementary schools, the most frequently taught literary works (a survey of Illinois secondary schools), an approach to the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, English Curriculum, Folk Culture, Instructional Materials
Polk, Tobye Pellman – 1976
This dissertation examines the basis for adoption and development of elective English programs in the school district of Philadelphia's 21 comprehensive senior high schools. Personal, structured, executive interviews conducted in the work setting with English department heads were the source of data for the study. It was hypothesized that elective…
Descriptors: Comprehensive Programs, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research, Elective Courses
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Yesner, Seymour – English Journal, 1976
Learning to read is a qualitatively different process from learning to compute, in that each student must discover his own ways of finding meanings. (JH)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, English Curriculum, English Instruction, Grammar
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Bowers, Gail; Howard, Martha – English Journal, 1975
A low cost approach to individualized English instruction is described.
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Contracts, Creativity, Educational Media
Herring, P. Donald – ADE Bulletin, 1988
Summarizes issues raised in speeches and group discussions at the Minnesota Conference on the Future of Doctoral Study in English and makes personal observations about the conference in general. (MM)
Descriptors: Conferences, Department Heads, Doctoral Programs, English Curriculum
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Lederman, Marie Jean – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1985
Argues that after a decade of intense concentration on the theory and practice of writing, it is now important for literature to reenter the composition classroom and to become part of a course that teaches "language skills" as a continuum. (FL)
Descriptors: College English, Educational Philosophy, English Curriculum, Higher Education
Ekman, Richard – ADE Bulletin, 1984
Advocates restoring humanities to a central role in the curriculum, in that educators must have the courage of their convictions and the responsibility to enact what they believe to be a good educational policy and to urge education organizations to work on their behalf. (CRH)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Philosophy, English Curriculum, Higher Education
Doecke, Brenton; Hayes, Terry – 1999
This paper looks at recent debates about text selection and censorship in Australia. Its aim is to point beyond the terms in which the censorship debate has been conducted in the mass media, and to prompt reflection on how texts are used in English classrooms. The paper raises questions of language and cultural identity in secondary English…
Descriptors: Censorship, English Curriculum, English Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Beck, Robert – English Journal, 1973
Discusses an English elective course entitled Supernatural Literature and Communication'' in terms of its literary value, course content, and improvement of basic language skills. (RB)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Course Content, Elective Courses, English Curriculum
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Donelson, Kenneth L. – English Journal, 1972
Describes six kinds of censorship problems facing the high school teacher. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Censorship, Classroom Environment, Community Action
Shelby, Marian – Engl J, 1969
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation, English Curriculum, English Instruction
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