In this paper, I argue for the deparochialising of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) English A1 curriculum where teachers as curriculum-makers would critically assess text choice and where students have the opportunities to make critical readings and engage in conversations about issues raised by the text. Through the case…

This edition of the "Virginia English Bulletin" is devoted primarily to articles about multiple-elective programs in high school English classes. These articles include: (1) "Multiple Electives in the English Curriculum" by R. Baird Shuman; (2) "Creative Dramatics: A Natural for the Multiple Electives Program" by…

Quotations from a variety of literature are used to illustrate the perspective that English instruction, as part of the humanities curriculum, has an essential place in the college curriculum and is indeed relevant to modern higher education. (MSE)

Report of a Subject-Field Meeting at the Annual Conference of the National Association of Independent Schools, February 1969.

Discusses the teaching of Australian literature in Australian universities and draws parallels with Canadian literature in Canadian universities. (AA)

Discusses some problems associated with defining "world" literature. Examines information collected from applicants to a National Endowment for the Humanities Institute in the Theory and Teaching of World Literature, concerning teaching situations and opinions on world literature courses. (MM)

Teaching a world literature class at a public college presented an opportunity to test Allan Bloom's and E. D. Hirsch, Jr.'s charges that today's college students are not only ignorant of great literature, but also ill-equipped to seriously consider such works. Beginning with a class survey of reading tastes and experiences, it was discovered that…

Article deals with the author's proposals for over-coming racism and prejudice by adequately representing minority groups when teaching literature. The author asserts that it is essential to world peace and understanding to begin teaching the literature of the human race, and stop teaching the literature of our own minority. (Author/LF)

Describes how to incorporate literature by women from many parts of the globe into the English curriculum. (MM)

The English language is now used by a quarter of the world's population and is both spoken and written in many parts of the world. Yet the reading curriculum in our schools usually represents only the history of English writing in Britain and America. This paper stresses the need to expand the content of the school reading curriculum to include…

Argues against the present divisions of English and American literature and for the designation of literature in English, not out of a formalistic concern with language alone, but out of a consciousness of the social and political role of language and of the worldwide social and political role of English today. (NKA)

This bibliography contains annotations for three types of Communication Skills texts: language and composition, grades 9-12; writing, grades 9-12; and world literature, grade 10. The language and composition texts that are included address teaching the stages of the writing process and provide speaking, listening, and viewing activities. The…

Shows how South Asian literature enriches the English curriculum by providing a key to the people of South Asia and to their cultures, religions, languages, and history. (MB)

Provides a semester syllabus for a course in twentieth-century world literature and suggests selections to add to a world literature survey based on works of Nobel Prize winners. Includes an annotated bibliography of background information on both the literature and the philosophies of the twentieth century. (MKM)