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ERIC Number: EJ600957
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-8274
Oh, Those Golden Teaching Days of Yore.
Donelson, Ken
English Journal, v89 n3 p45-48 Jan 2000
Offers quotes from articles about English teaching in the United States published in professional journals from 1847 to 1955. Suggests there never was a "golden age" of English teaching. Shows discussion and controversy about teaching writing, about what literature should be allowed in the schools, whether teaching grammar is worthwhile, and whether the English curriculum was going to hell. (SR)
Descriptors: Classics (Literature), Curriculum, Educational History, Educational Trends, English Instruction, Grammar, Literature Appreciation, Novels, Secondary Education, Teacher Attitudes, Writing Instruction
Publication Type: Historical Materials; Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Note: Theme: Our History, Ourselves.