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Where Were We, Where Are We as Community College English Teachers?
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McPherson, Elisabeth – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1990
Discusses issues of concern to community college English teachers in the 1960s: institutional growth, professional recognition, work load, sexism in language, students' right to their own language, teacher training, racism and bias, back to basics movement, usage tests, and doublespeak. Presents excerpts from a speech made by the author in 1969…
Descriptors: Back to Basics, College English, Educational History, Educational Innovation
Back to Basics: Notes from Underground.
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Wade, Philip – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1984
Decries the back to basics movement and suggests that it is not the place of those with doctoral degrees to teach spelling, punctuation, and grammar. Proposes that the proper place for such instruction is in the primary grades. (RBW)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Back to Basics, Employment Opportunities, English Curriculum