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Publication Date: 1994
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Problems and Issues Facing the National Standards Project in English.
Myers, Miles
Education and Urban Society, v26 n2 p141-57 Feb 1994
Reviews efforts to develop national content standards for teaching English. Today's standards movements are distinguished from earlier efforts in that the learner is recognized as active, the meaning is socially and historically contingent, and the purpose is the development of language for political power and the creation and appreciation of connections. (SLD)
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Context Effect, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, English, English Curriculum, English Instruction, Language Arts, National Programs, National Standards, Political Influences, Program Development, Standard Setting, Standards, Teacher Education, Teaching Methods
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Language: English
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