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ERIC Number: ED033973
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1964-May
Pages: 2
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On the Teaching of Literature.
Balliet, Conrad A.
College English, v25 n8 p612-613 May 1964
Spontaneity and personal freedom are seen as the fundamental requisites to creative teaching. Unseen pressures leading to increasing conformity in classroom procedures and methods are revealed and constrasted with unique examples of teaching Thoreau, Kafka, and Donne. Teachers are urged to rely upon their own creative impulses. (RL)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Classroom Communication, College Instruction, Creative Teaching, English Instruction, English Literature, Individual Characteristics, Literary Criticism, Literature, Literature Appreciation, Student Motivation, Student Reaction, Teacher Behavior, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Improvement, Teacher Role, Teaching Methods
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Authoring Institution: National Council of Teachers of English, Champaign, IL.
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