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Download full textHendrix, Katherine Grace – 1995
Graduate teaching assistantships began in the late 1800s as a means of attracting individuals to graduate studies. Initially, stipends were awarded to students without the expectation of service; however, after World War II graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) were expected to function as graders and, ultimately, classroom teachers. Over 100 years…
Descriptors: Educational History, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Introductory Courses
Pytlik, Betty P. – 1992
The phenomenon of the graduate assistant grew out of the turn of the century need for larger teaching staffs. A debate was formed that still influences the way teachers are prepared for today's freshman composition courses. This debate arose from philosophical and methodological differences in English departments, which at that time emphasized a…
Descriptors: College English, Educational History, English Departments, English Teacher Education
Fryer, T. Bruce, Ed.; Medley, Frank W., Jr., Ed. – 1990
In 1989, the Southern Conference on Language Teaching (SCOLT) celebrated its silver anniversary at a conference designed to provide participants with an opportunity both to reflect on the past and to look at the future of foreign language teaching and of SCOLT in the light of a quarter century of experience. Seven of the papers in this volume were…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Communicative Competence (Languages), Language Proficiency, Language Tests
Pytlik, Betty P. – 1993
The period immediately following the second World War is important for the history of the preparation of teaching assistants in this country because English instruction changed dramatically due to the enactment of the G. I. Bill in 1944. However, the long-term effect of the Bill on curriculum and pedagogy has not been documented. The G. I. Bill…
Descriptors: College English, Educational History, English Curriculum, English Instruction
Pytlik, Betty P. – 1992
The current practice and theory of preparing college teachers of writing can benefit greatly by considering the history of writing teacher education as practiced in this country since at least 1894. Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts) offered the first course for new teachers of writing in 1912, and in the early years of this century,…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Educational History, English Curriculum, English Instruction
Eells, Walter C.; Hollis, Ernest V. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1960
There is a widespread interest in financial aid for college students on the part of prospective students and their parents as well as counselors and administrators in secondary schools and colleges. This interest and its own research needs warrant publication by the Office of Education of a comprehensive up-to-date bibliography on financial aid…
Descriptors: Educational History, Student Financial Aid, Annotated Bibliographies, High School Seniors
