Presents a series of suggestions for ways in which teachers can best take on the responsibility of "moral education" within the confines of the daily curriculum, including specific suggestions for mathematics, science, English, social studies, and arts instruction. (JL)

Argues for a renewed integration of the humanities to ensure that the white-collar working class will be literate in the broadest sense of the word. (AEA)

Presents a literature unit for high school English designed to promote students' moral development through study of moral conflicts in novels and scenarios. The unit is based on Kohlberg's moral development stage theory. Assignments, handouts, and a test are provided. (SJL)

Maynard Mack, Emeritus Sterling Professor of English at Yale, discusses his pioneering work with the oral interpretation of literature in the graduate and undergraduate English classroom, making the point that such oral techniques need not be limited to the drama or speech departments. (Author/SJL)

Presents data from a survey of the course offerings of 265 midwestern high schools that tend to support the belief that language arts minicourse programs still exist in spite of a trend toward a more traditional curriculum. Listed first in the data is the finding that every high school offered at least one minicourse in composition. (AEA)

The English Department at Fort Hays State University revised its literature curriculum to contract the course offerings and yet eliminate gaps by basing the revision on the theory that students need to be exposed to a course, but not necessarily a number of courses, in each of the basic areas of organization such as authors, periods, genres, etc.…

The executive director of the National Council of Teachers of English introduces a group of articles on the English curriculum and outlines what principals as instructional leaders can do to strengthen their English departments. (Author/JM)

Suggests that during the 80s attempts should be made to include the works of women writers in general literature anthologies and as topics of general literature classes. (MKM)

Describes a rigorous English curriculum designed for students of mixed ability and mixed cultural and racial backgrounds using the concept of education for democracy. Details a three-step process built on inheritance, participation, and contribution. Outlines the curriculum that includes a combination of traditional classics and the works of more…

The introduction of multiculturalism into the literature curriculum at community colleges has been problematic. Some groups view the trend as an advance of ethnocentrism, while others feel that multicultural texts collide with traditional academic study. Even those who agree with the goal of broadening the curriculum to reflect global diversity do…

Use of dialect literature increases student awareness of dialect features and reduces the occurrence of such features in student writing.