Modern drama criticism is rebuked for taking the "closet drama approach" which reduces the theater to yet another type of philosophical and content-oriented literary genre. Group participation and discussion are suggested as means by which the student is encouraged to stage an imaginary performance leading to intelligibility and appreciation of…

Provides discussion and critical analysis of the film "School Daze," directed by Spike Lee. Describes how the film was used to attempt to raise student awareness of linguistic variation. Presents details of classroom exercises designed to achieve this objective. (HB)

This study of higher education in Australia is issued in three volumes. Volume I outlines a broad pattern of tertiary education planned to meet the demands of the nation over the next decade and to provide a satisfactory basis for future developments. Volume II presents the results of the Committee's examination of the education for certain major…

This document reports the outcomes of a series of meetings held in Florida to provide an overview of modified occupational completion points (MOCPs), to share examples of successful district practices, and to develop plans for implementing MOCPs in the state. Part 1 explains that MOCPs are student performance standards adapted for use with…

A purposeful sample of four comprehensive urban high schools involved in educational restructuring initiatives was analyzed to determine how each site has implemented educational restructuring efforts and how vocational education fits into those restructuring efforts. The four sites studied were as follows: Bryan High School in Omaha, Nebraska;…

Examines features of and sources for the discourse of Martin Luther King, Jr., as they relate to the language and assumptions favored by his listeners and readers in an effort to understand how speakers and writers can successfully argue from premises that audiences accept. Indicates how an understanding of King can help in composition…

Relates autobiographically the author's experiences learning to write as an inventor, in the process exemplifying personal writing as a mode to be fostered in composition courses. Argues for a presentation of writing as a constant discovery and construction of knowledge rather than an accumulation of facts. (HB)

Discusses the theory/antitheory debate in the discipline of rhetoric and composition. Urges refocusing the debate away from the relative value of various modes of inquiry and whether any given theoretical discussion adequately informs pedagogy. Advocates defining the field in its largest context. Maintains that theory empowers the discipline as a…

A departmental chairman must tactfully orchestrate the activities of widely varied personality types to achieve departmental goals.

Considers Nathaniel Hawthorne's literary technique of providing various, often conflicting, accounts of a narrative scene or event. Analyzes Hawthorne's rhetoric of rumor as featured in "The Scarlet Letter." Shows how Hawthorne tried to translate the dynamics of interpersonal communication into print in this novel. (HB)

Describes the attitudinal characteristics and the educational needs of the freshmen students entering the composition classes in the mid-seventies. (RB)

Lists the assumptions shared by members of the business world and by scholars in the humanities, describes the business climate of the 1980s, and discusses the skills needed by humanities graduates to compete for jobs in business. (AEA)

Examines the historic interrelationship between libraries and adult education in light of the major personalities, events and forces affecting the relationship. Reports on interviews conducted at five learning resource centers (LRC's) regarding the development of the LRC and the librarian's role as adult educator. (DMM)

Presents a model of rhetoric based on territorial motives. Suggests five general principles for analyzing the territorial content of discourse and discusses territorial rhetoric and rhetorical theory, territoriality and style, and two fallacies of criticism. (EL)

Presented is a general description of the remedial mathematics programs in the City University of New York institutions. (DT)