Argues that the exclusion of the literature of women, of black, ethnic, and working-class writers from the established literary canon has less to do with valuations of literary quality than with the social distribution of power. (SRT)

Presents the benefits of using free writing to teach remedial composition. (DD)

Explains why the American views of optimism and progress are impediments to the teaching of literature. Tells how the teaching of tragic fiction can help students deal with important philosophical and aesthetic issues. (RL)

Argues that a recognition of the non-representational nature of the Corpus Christi cycles yields an awareness of the rich, multidimensional theatrical panorama" they created. (Author/RD)

Describes the development of a course on public budgeting and finance, which integrated the use of SimCity Classic, a computer-simulation software, with traditional lecture, guest speakers, and collaborative-learning activities. Explains the rationale for the course design and discusses the results from the first semester of teaching the course.…

The tuition and required fees charged to undergraduate students at over 2,900 public and private 2- and 4-year institutions are presented for the 1990-91 and 1991-92 academic years, including, for 1991-92, the additional tuition for out-of-state students. Institutions are listed alphabetically by state. (MSE)

Reemphasizes the connection between reading and writing and the benefits of reading activities as assignments in the composition class. Suggests situations where readings in the composition class can facilitate reader-writer interaction. (RL)

Explores the history of what is now called Writing across the Curriculum (WAC), using the analogy of the university as discourse community to place the WAC movement in historical perspective and to begin to assess its significance for advanced literacy. (MG)

From time to time a classified and annotated record is issued, in bulletin form, of current educational publications received by the library of the Bureau of Education to a certain specified date. The present list continues the record to July 1, 1926, immediately following Bulletin, 1926, no. 15, which comprised publications received by the Bureau…

Focuses on how textual analysis might be renovated at a level as basic as freshman writing. Considers the possibility of combining textual analysis with personal narrative and reporting. Considers how recent literary criticism utilizes personal narrative strategies. Outlines six ways authorial presence is detectable in critical works. (HB)

Relates experiences in using computers and microcomputers in teaching history. Reviews the value of the computers in testing, record keeping, reporting, and advising. Cites benefits for instructors and students. (DMM)

Describes a workshop in which fine arts teachers identified and defined six levels of aesthetic responses, as the first step in specifying and assessing student aesthetic behaviors. (DC)

Describes several exercises useful in helping students learn to revise when they write poetry. (DD)

This bulletin comprises a classified and annotated list of current educational publications received by the library of the Bureau of Education during the third quarter of 1927, July to September, inclusive. The last preceding list in this series of records was issued as Bulletin, 1927, No. 25, and comprised publications received by the Bureau to…

Considers dilemmas of the student-centered classroom by reviewing Jerry Farber's 1960s essay "The Student as Nigger" and other documents of the pedagogical revolution. (SR)