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National Council of Teachers of English, 2022
Writing assessment can be used for a variety of purposes, both inside the classroom and outside: supporting student learning, assigning a grade, placing students in appropriate courses, allowing them to exit a course or sequence of courses, certifying proficiency, and evaluating programs. Given the high-stakes nature of many of these assessment…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Position Papers, Writing Teachers, English Teachers
Brady L. Nash; Merideth Garcia; Carl A. Young; Kristen Hawley Turner; Mary Rice; Amy Piotrowski; W. Ian O’Byrne; Cherise McBride; Ewa McGrail; Clarice Moran; Troy Hicks; William Fassbender; Stefani Boutelier; Donna Alvermann – National Council of Teachers of English, 2024
As English language arts (ELA) teacher educators committed to growing students' passion for reading, writing, and thinking critically, the authors acknowledge the impact that emerging digital technologies have on educational practices. Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is one such technology that has sparked both excitement and concern.…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Teacher Education Programs, English Teachers, Language Arts
National Council of Teachers of English, 2016
A subcommittee of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Executive Committee wrote the "NCTE Beliefs about the Teaching of Writing" in 2004. In over a decade since, the everyday experience of writing in people's lives has expanded dramatically. Increasingly, handheld devices are important instruments for people's writing,…
Descriptors: English Teachers, English Instruction, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Writing Instruction
National Council of Teachers of English, 2016
The School-to-Prison Pipeline (STPP) is an injurious yet growing system of institutional inequity that funnels young people from schools to prisons. As part of the crisis of mass incarceration, STPP is a dimension of Jim Crow, redesigned. It is a disturbing national trend wherein children are policed out of public schools and into the juvenile and…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Institutionalized Persons, English Teachers, Advocacy
National Council of Teachers of English, 2013
Students, teachers, administrators, community members, and policymakers are collectively responsible for ensuring that the literacy learning required to earn a living and lead a well-rounded life is available to all. To meet that responsibility, the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) urges legislators to practice civil discourse by…
Descriptors: Position Papers, English Teachers, Public Policy, National Organizations
Nielsen, Frede V. – Philosophy of Music Education Review, 2006
In this article, the author, a member of the International Society for the Philosophy of Music Education (ISPME), shares his views on the future of the "philosophy of music education." According to him, the "philosophy of music education" can be and is, many different things. He argues that the ISPME should develop an open and…
Descriptors: Music Education, Educational Philosophy, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries
Mathematics Teaching Incorporating Micromath, 2006
This article presents the Association of Teachers of Mathematics' response to the position statement produced by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) in May 2006, which describes their suggested approach to teaching calculations in KS2. Mathematics teachers argue that the methods being suggested are outdated and have been superseded by…
Descriptors: Teacher Associations, Criticism, Position Papers, Mathematics Instruction
National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities, Baltimore, MD. – 1982
The paper presents the position of the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities regarding the provision of educational services to students with learning disabilities (LD). The importance of providing a continuum of public and private services is stressed. Seven recommendations were made by the committee: (1) involved professionals should…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities

Groff, Patrick; And Others – Reading Teacher, 1980
Groff argues against an IRA (International Reading Association) position statement assertion that no single method is the best for teaching reading, claiming that the phonics method results in the greatest reading achievement. The IRA Board of Directors replies that the position statement appropriately reflects the diverse views about reading held…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Phonics, Position Papers

Hayes, Terry – English in Australia, 2002
Reviews the 1991 position paper on the teaching of English by the Australian Association for the Teaching of English (AATE). Notes the paper reads like an old-fashioned manifesto from an era of homogenized assumptions. Suggests a new paper should endorse the primacy of professional knowledge of English teachers in determining what should be…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, English Instruction, Literacy
Hollingsworth, W. Craig – Online Submission, 2005
In this study I address the problem of the implementation and the foreseeable success of the July 2004 document from the Education and Manpower Bureau of Hong Kong, "Empowering Learning and Teaching with Information Technology" (EMB 2004). The statements in this policy will be compared to Sweden's ICT policy and a report completed by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Position Papers, Information Technology, Educational Technology

Bredekamp, Sue – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1993
Maintains that Fowell's and Lawton's article, "An Alternative View of Appropriate Practices in Early Childhood Education," misrepresents both content and intent of National Association for Education of Young Children's position statement on developmentally appropriate practices for programs serving four and five year olds, as illustrated…
Descriptors: Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education, Position Papers, Preschool Children

Stuhr, Patricia L.; And Others – Art Education, 1992
Presents six position statements for developing a multicultural arts curriculum. Suggests strategies for implementing curricula and resources for gathering community information. Provides examples of implementation, including a sample interview to use with artists and sample questions to ask students when analyzing works of art. (KM)
Descriptors: Art Education, Art History, Artists, Community Resources
Physiologist, 1988
Contains three policy statements involving the use of animals for proper teaching of students, research, and the utilization of pound animals. Discusses the benefits to society of using animals in the biomedical sciences. (CW)
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Instructional Materials, Laboratory Animals, Policy

Carlman, Nancy – English Education, 1988
Discusses the activities and accomplishments of the Canadian Council of Teachers of English (CCTE), especially with regard to its Teacher Education Commission's "Statement on the Preparation of Teachers of English and the Language Arts." (MS)
Descriptors: Canadian Literature, Elementary Secondary Education, English Departments, English Instruction