This curriculum guide to English instruction in grades seven through twelve moves from discussions of theory to discussions of practice. Section I deals with various aspects of planning and classroom operation from an examination of English as a subject of study to basic rationales for deciding what to teach and methods for evaluating instruction.…

This ISCPET study set out to determine the effect that various approaches to teaching literature to prospective high school English teachers might have on their literary knowledge and later teaching competencies. The curricular patterns used to teach literature at three colleges--survey approach (University of Illinois), author and historical…