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Brass, Jory – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2011
This article represents an "overdue encounter" with the ideas of Ian Hunter to reconsider the historical emergence and descent of English teaching in the United States. Influenced by Hunter's account of the "pastoral" and "bureaucratic" genealogy of English teaching in England, my historical study documented…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Educational History, Teaching Methods, Literature
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Rubin, Daniel Ian – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2011
There has been a universal movement towards government-regulated standardisation and high-stakes assessment. In the United States, this has resulted in the No Child Left Behind Act (2001). Because of the predominant focus on high-stakes reading and writing assessments required by NCLB, teachers in the subject area of English/Language Arts (ELA)…
Descriptors: Educational Change, High Stakes Tests, Standardized Tests, Educational Legislation