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ERIC Number: EJ311498
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Back to Basics: Notes from Underground.
Wade, Philip
Teaching English in the Two-Year College, v11 n2 p23-25 Dec 1984
Decries the back to basics movement and suggests that it is not the place of those with doctoral degrees to teach spelling, punctuation, and grammar. Proposes that the proper place for such instruction is in the primary grades. (RBW)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Back to Basics, Employment Opportunities, English Curriculum, English Instruction, Ethnic Studies, Film Study, Higher Education, Science Fiction, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Role, Womens Studies, Writing (Composition)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Consciousness Raising; Relevance (Cultural)