A senior secondary English curricular commitment to biblical relationality and narrative through Ricoeur's hermeneutics provides students a learning community where they are invited to awaken to the biblical story, to love each other and creation within their Christ given identity in that story, to think about their own narratives within the…

Discusses implications of Saskatchewan's nine-year-old Division IV English curriculum guide of the final report on the quality and future direction of education in the province, published in February 1984 by the Minister's Advisory Committee on Curriculum and Instruction Review. Suggests revision to bring English curricula into line with the new…

This curriculum guide for the teaching of English at the eighth, ninth, and tenth grade levels is presented in two sections. The first section, "Junior Secondary English Language," includes: "General Statement"; "Specific Suggestions"; "Relation of Language and Literature"; "Outline of Courses--English…

Considers some recent British criticism of the traditional senior secondary school English literature-examination dominated curriculum and suggests that these criticisms have relevance to the curriculum in Canada and other English-speaking nations. (FL)

Provides information about 11 educational groups or resource centers that are actively involved in initiating and promoting media education throughout Canada. Gives summaries of activities, addresses, names and phones numbers of contacts, and other information. (HB)

Contains a description of what English is understood to be in the public and secondary schools across Canada. (RB)

Outlines a model for giving proper credit to co-op students for their on the job hours. Profiles the business English course as an example of incorporating students' work skills into their academic training. (ABB)

Reports changes in high school graduation requirements in general and English requirements in particular and discusses in more detail the proposed changes in the grade 10 practical English curriculum (MM)

Students need to be taught how to use the media effectively if they are to operate intelligently in a society that is highly media oriented. In order to deal with media, students must understand why media operate as they do and what the attendant consequences are. (BRR)

Describes a proposed senior years English program, plans for piloting an English language arts program, and progress made in implementing a kindergarten through grade 12 English language arts program. (AEA)

Presents a historical overview of the genesis and evolution of media education in Ontario, Canada. Reviews various textbooks in the field. Considers the impact of cultural studies and some of the current criticisms of the field. Concludes with the key factors of successful media education programs. (HB)

Articulates, through a critical analysis of Atlantic Canada's latest secondary English language arts curriculum documents, the expansion of traditionally understood conceptions of literacy to include information, media, and visual literacies. Examines the specific nature and extent to which technology and computer-mediated curricula are used to…

Claims that there are a great variety of approaches to the teaching of media studies in Ontario schools, and illustrates the claim with the experiences of two middle school teachers. Explores issues related to the implementation of media studies suggested by the interviews of the teachers. (HB)

This study compared the reading interests and habits of American and Canadian senior high school students and examined the extent to which the English curricula in their schools coincide with those reading interests. Questionnaires were distributed to a total of 680 students in three schools (urban, suburban, and rural) in the New Britain,…

Criticizes the proposed revisions in Manitoba's senior high school English curriculum for their emphasis on language development as a series of skills to be acquired rather than as an exciting means of exploring the world. (MM)