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ERIC Number: EJ360666
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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William Carlos Williams, Literacy, and the Imagination.
Kazemak, Francis E.
English Journal, v76 n7 p22-28 Nov 1987
Argues that the cultivation of the imagination in schools and colleges is largely ignored because of utilitarian biases in the education system, where achievement is determined by quantitative measures of cognitive skills. Discusses Williams' view that acts of the imagination transform reality and applies view to English education. (JG)
Descriptors: Class Activities, College English, Educational Theories, English Instruction, Higher Education, Imagination, Language Skills, Learning Processes, Literacy, Literature Appreciation, Poetry, Poets, Reader Response, Secondary Education, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Cultural Literacy; Williams (William Carlos)