This study attempts to clarify and exploit Joseph Schwab's recent and current work on "practical" and "eclectic" curriculums in a simulated deliberation about a concrete curricular question, How might "Hamlet" be taught to one group of high school juniors? By exemplifying curricular deliberation, it aims to clarify…

This doctoral dissertation examines the concept of a general education over the past 30 years and presents a rationale for introducing the study of cultural heritage through a study of world literature in the English class. Chapter 1 argues that the study of world literature is an important part of the general education curriculum in a…

The purpose of this study is two-fold: it determines and describes quantatively the current status of multiple-elective programs in English in the public schools of New Jersey, and it analyzes and appraises qualitatively--using case study--two-semester elective programs for grades 11 and 12, the predominant pattern of course offerings of New…

This study was concerned with the identification of assumptions underlying language arts instruction in open education, the identification of individuals knowledgeable about language arts instruction in open education, a discussion of implications of the identified language arts assumptions for curriculum development in open education, and the…

In order to establish the need for a remedial writing program at Pensacola Junior College and to demonstrate the need for faculty released time for materials development, a diagnostic English skills test was administered to 215 freshmen. Test results showed 93% needed remediation. Questionnaire responses of English faculty members showed all 15…

Reconstructionism is an extension and elaboration of the progressivist philosophy of education developed by John Dewey and his intellectual associates. Thomas Brameld also views reconstructionism as the beginning of a new philosphy of education, and this dissertation develops an approach to teaching literature that functions with Brameld's views.…

This dissertation describes a comprehensive model for the confluent teaching of English and English Education, focusing specifically on the education of late adolescents (ages 16-20) and treating the areas of human development, curriculum, methodology, and teacher education. Chapter one examines the research on adolescent psychology, particularly…

The purpose of this study was to develop a rationale for and to organize sequences of visual education concepts and skills that could function as a part of a secondary language arts program embodying the approaches of James Moffett. The literature on visual education was studied to identify those factors related specifically to professional…

Changes that occurred in the freshman English program of Virginia's black colleges over two decades are investigated in this study. The four black senior colleges involved were Hampton Institute, Norfolk State College, Virginia State College, and Virginia Union University. Data on the programs were collected from the programs studied, from a panel…

The development of the secondary English curriculum in the United States from colonial times to 1960 is investigated through periodical literature, major curriculum reports, surveys, English methods books, curriculum guides, textbooks, and secondary sources such as histories of American education and of secondary English teaching. The history…

This study describes one component of a teacher education program designed to generate in the prospective teacher of English an awareness of values and the valuing process and of his own role in facilitating the process. Chapter 1 defines the scope, purposes, and procedures of the study; chapter 2 examines the historical and continuing connection…