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Samantha Caughlan; Donna L. Pasternak; Heidi L. Hallman; Laura Renzi; Leslie S. Rush; Michael Frisby – English Education, 2017
A national study of English teacher preparation in U.S. colleges and universities revealed that faculty address changes in content and context salient to English education, particularly curricular, demographic, political, and technological changes, through initiatives at both the program and methods course levels. Programs require many hours of…
Descriptors: English Teachers, English Instruction, Language Arts, College Faculty
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Knudson, Richard L. – English Education, 1973
Descriptors: College Instruction, Curriculum Development, English Education, Methods Courses
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McCallister, Cynthia – English Education, 2002
Describes the process and product of a revision of the author's literacy methods course, a revision that grew from a student's comment questioning the student's "right" to evaluate another student's work. Theorizes the role of authority in the course and explains how contours of power and freedom create spaces in which prospective…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Literacy, Methods Courses
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Cadenhead, Kenneth; Garner, James L., Jr. – English Education, 1990
Discusses, through a dialogue between an education professor and a student, a course entitled "Teaching Language Arts in the Elementary School." Describes selected aspects of the course, including purpose, plans, and results. Explains how the course helped prepare the student for teaching and how the dialogue helped the professor refine the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Higher Education
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Hillocks, George – English Education, 1974
College English departments and methods courses share responsibility for the conventional nature of supposedly innovative high school English elective programs. (JH)
Descriptors: Course Content, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Elective Courses
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Nelms, Ben – English Education, 1996
Presents reminiscences of a former editor of "English Education," discussing English teacher education during the 1970s and some of the difficult transitional moments during that era. Discusses methods courses, changes in the curriculum, and outside critics of English education. (TB)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational History, English Teacher Education