A bibliography of all documents relating to English teaching and announced in "Research in Education" is presented. Documents listed in this index cover the period July through December 1972. (CK)

The sixth volume of a compilation of all documents relating to English teaching which have been processed into the ERIC system is presented. This volume brings the index through June 1971. (CK)

A STUDY GUIDE WAS PREPARED FOR STUDENT USE IN AN EIGHTH-GRADE LITERATURE CURRICULUM. THE GUIDE WAS DESIGNED TO INCLUDE ANALYSIS OF PLOT, FORM, AND VIEWPOINT OF LITERATURE WHICH WOULD APPEAL TO EIGHTH-GRADE STUDENTS. LITERATURE PASSAGES, STUDY QUESTIONS, AND SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES WERE INCLUDED FOR USE IN UNITS ON (1) LITERATURE REORIENTATION…

Article described a method by which three teacher interns, preparing to be English teachers, combined their backgrounds and interests in philosophy, history, and communications to formulate a twelfth grade elective course. (Author/RK)

English departments are under pressure to make their course offerings relate more closely to vocational programs. Author explains why he thinks it would be a mistake to submit to these pressures. (Author/RK)

Proposes that literature is a means to understanding life and society. (MKM)

Cooperation between the language arts teacher and the librarian can result in a wider and more interesting language arts program for students. (DD)

An expected learning outcomes model for ninth-grade introductory poetry is presented as a format for the effective and efficient use of behavioral objectives in the English classroom. (RAO)

Summarizes responses to a questionnaire on popular courses that was sent to English department chairpersons in 1977. (GW)

Describes how to teach a 6-unit English course in career investigation and planning. (DD)

Urges more careful and extensive preparation for the teaching of writing, through graduate programs in English. (AA)

Reports on a survey that asked 500 students what the word "literature" meant to them. Concludes that the variety of answers indicate that English teachers need to be clearer about what they believe literature is and that only then can they clarify the objectives of a literary education. (JAD)

Reviews the history of a college English department from the 1960s through the mid-1980s. (MM)

Notes the severe gender imbalance in reading lists provided by the Educational Testing Service and even by the author. Claims these present a distorted view of literary heritage, reinforce stereotypical values, and do psychological damage to female students (especially those who are gifted). (SR)