Describes an experimental education course put together by the English Department at the University of Massachusetts at Boston for the pre-practicum training of English/Secondary undergraduate majors, combining educational methodology with on-site observation in high school classrooms. (SR)

Identifies five factors that contributed to the success of a two-week composition inservice teacher education program. (HOD)

Summarizes some of the conclusions of certain chapters in the recently published "Handbook of Reading Research" in which research on instructional practice was synthesized and critiqued. (HOD)

Suggests that effective staff development involves a process that asks basic questions about the learner; about aims, goals, and objectives; about content; and about learning activities. (HOD)

In this article, the authors try to extend the complex and provocative conversations at the Conference on English Education Summit. They argue on several critical programmatic issues, including the need for greater program coherence, the continuing dilemma of the gulf between schools and universities, and both the promise and the problems of…