A generally positive evaluation of a new Texas Tech program for training English teachers is reported. (JH)

Too many students enter college without having had the chance to read good literature in high school. (JH)

Planning of curriculum change should include planning to cope with let-down that threatens to undermine or routinize innovations. (JH)

High school English Department chairmen should be put in charge of English teacher preservice training. (JH)

Examines whether the sixth-form teacher can reconcile mixed ability groupings with the needs of individual students and with examination syllabuses. (RB)

Curriculum change is usually haphazard and externally motivated. (JH)

Describes one teacher's successful use of a wide range of paperback books to stimulate students' interest in and enjoyment of reading. (TO)

Proposes using Greek mythology as one way to provide aesthetic enjoyment of the common cultural heritage of man and create a love for literature within the student. (TO)

Seven short reports of successful practices in freshman composition courses at various universities and colleges. (TO)

Describes a course initiated in a small liberal arts college in order to provide an indepth study of consciousness expansion and self-awareness with particular emphasis on the guided growth of creativity. (Author)

There are four conditions essential to developing and maintaining sound English curricula in the secondary schools. The first condition is that society hold public school education in sufficient respect that education can attract teaching candidates who are emotionally mature and committed to high intellectual and technical standards. More than…

The 16 articles in this journal issue deal with women's studies within the English curriculum. Topics discussed in the articles include (1) the feminist challenge to the male-centered curriculum in higher education; (2) the women's movement and women's studies; (3) connotations of the word "girl"; (4) women in English education; (5) the new…

The English program at DePauw University (Greencastle, Indiana) has undergone many changes. Today, English majors at DePauw may choose from either a literature or a composition course of study. The capstone course in the 70-year-old composition program is the seminar, in which students write whatever they choose and distribute copies to the other…

Noting that since 1979, the English course in Western Australian secondary schools has been reshaped into two separate courses--one for college admission and one in English literature--and that procedures for student assessment and examination have altered considerably, this volume reports on an extensive survey undertaken to discover how these…