This master's thesis focuses on publications resulting from the Dartmouth Seminar, an international conference of English teachers held at Dartmouth College during August and September of 1966 in which the fifty participants advocated changes in the teaching of English to correspond with world-wide technological advances. Following an introductory…

Deplores education which makes youth aware of society but not aware of the individual self. (Author)

Describes the way one teacher utilizes a variety of language games by which the power of language is analyzed and fostered among students of English. Describes methods for engaging students in language games. Argues that games, to be effective, must give students a chance at success. (HB)

Discusses the world of language and its role in the classroom through a series of vignettes experienced by one English teacher. Argues for a revolutionized view of language instruction in American institutions of education. (HB)

The study of literature and the law, within the context of a literature course, can serve to develop, in prospective lawyers as well as in lay citizens, insight into the significant relationships between the two fields. This paper provides a rationale for one such course, conducted at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, and details its…

Literature can play a prominent part in revitalizing the teaching of English because it can provide students with both immediate and future rewards. As an immediate reward, literature allows students to imaginatively experience situations which they have not yet encountered. It thus acts acts as a liberating force for young people from the…

Presents an annotated bibliography of 113 items published in 1993 or 1994, organized into the following topics: curriculum, language, literature, researcher education, teacher education, and writing. (SR)

This book reviews changes in the teaching of English in British schools during the past 30 years, surveys current practices, and indicates promising developments. Although the contributors write on separate aspects--the purpose of teaching English, the primary school, poetry, teaching the non-literary pupil, prose reading, drama, language, oral…

The three Summer Institute articles in this publication urge teachers of English language arts to base their teaching on an awareness of how language operates and on an understanding of children's needs. Among the topics dealt with are the central role of literature in the English curriculum, the need for teachers to attend to children and accept…

The chapters of this publication discuss the following topics related to English programs for gifted high school students: philosophical principles underlying such programs, the study of literature, specific examples of subject matter content in literature, the relationships among various phases of language study, specific examples of subject…

To indicate what high school students have actually studied during the previous 10 years of changing secondary school curricula, this document reports the findings of a questionnaire survey conducted among 2,247 students who took the 1965-66 College Entrance Examination Board's English Composition Test. The report is divided into three…

Nine study guides for the 1966 Dartmouth Seminar publications are assembled for use with teachers in conference programs and workshops. Each guide contains from seven to 23 questions for discussion or independent study. Four guides--one each on new content in English programs, on literature, on language, and on composition, rhetoric, and…

Tracing the broad movements in the teaching of English--both in theory and in practice--from its origin as a subject during the 1880's to the present day, this book focuses on the aspect of the teaching of English which has absorbed the greatest amount of teacher's time, energy, and enthusiasm: the teaching of literature. Chapters, following a…

Special concerns in English education are explored in 11 papers from the 1966 Conference on English Education. Following an introduction by David Stryker, Lindley Stiles discusses important overall trends in teacher education. James Squire points out existing weaknesses in the preparation of English teachers and calls for specific curriculum…

The six essays in this collection indicate the new specializations and the shifting boundaries of the English teaching profession. John C. Gerber surveys the effect of recent research on the teaching of language, literature, and composition; on curriculum revision; and on teachers' professional attitudes. J. N. Hook defends the practical value in…