Today, "Night" is probably the most commonly taught work of Holocaust literature in the United States, read by middle school and high school students alike, even though US adolescents were not the author's intended audience. This article offers suggestions for teaching "Night" in ways that engage students, challenge them to…

Playful teaching is a little-explored way to reinvigorate secondary classrooms with our vibrant mutual humanity. The author has come to believe not only that the ludic can be harnessed for academic engagement and growth but also that play can infuse the US secondary classroom with the humanity, equality, and democracy it lacks. It all begins with…

Criticizes humanists who consider computers confining, difficult to learn, and dehumanizing. (NKA)

Finds confirmation of the humanizing influence of language in anthropological and linguistic studies, in creation myths, and in the lives of individuals such as Anne Frank and Helen Keller. Sees in George Orwell's "1984" and Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" examples of the dehumanization created by empty or deceptive…

The school experience should increase a child's sense of humanity and of the potentialities for depth and range in human relations. (MM)

Argues that English embraces a broad range of hitherto separated and opposing curricular components such as creative dramatics, media instruction, electives, independent study, and behavioral objectives along with its trational concerns. (RB)

Suggests how English departments and teachers can humanize the use of computer technology in the teaching of literacy. Asserts that computer support of English programs will only succeed with a humanistic vision of computer technology. (MM)

Teachers must develop an ethical perspective on the uses of technology. (JH)

The most important thing in education is not the data we present, but whether we present them vitally. (JH)

The novel is important to teach; there is no one novel, though, that every student needs to read; flexibility and ingenuity are called for. (JH)

A low cost approach to individualized English instruction is described.