Presents approaches to the study of the role of popular culture in society. (DD)

A paper presented at a workshop on student teaching and the methods class at the Conference on English Education, April 10, 1976. (DD)

A paper presented at a workshop on "Teachers Writing" at the 1976 Conference on English Education. (DD)

A paper, presented at a workshop on "Tests and Measurement" at the 1976 Conference on English Education, which states that test scores should be interpreted just as poetic metaphors are. (DD)

Describes a grand jury investigation into a school's purchase of allegedly objectionable and obscene materials and the inservice course on "Writing Rationales for Teaching Potentially Controversial Literature" resulting from the investigation. (DD)

Discusses what English educators are doing to transform theory into practice. (HOD)

Shares some reflections and offers some tentative explorations regarding English in the period of technological change. (HOD)

Looks to the future of English education, stressing cooperation, effective use of resources, and evaluation based on research (JL)

Reviews the accuracy of past predictions concerning the future of English education, then makes five new ones. (JL)

Four verbal snapshots, dated 1881, 1911, 1941, and 1971, suggest many of the changes that have occurred in the teaching of English during the past one hundred years. (RL)

Examines "trends" in English teaching in four categories: interests, trends, movements, and repertoire. (HOD)

Crucial to the healthy existence of those who profess English education is the potential enrichment offered by electronic media. (HOD)

Summarizes information from the ERIC database on the subject of writing instruction as a common responsibility of teachers from all disciplines. Focuses on the role of English teachers in promoting schoolwide writing programs. (RL)

Argues that teaching a unit on death provides an opportunity to focus students' reading, writing, and thinking on a subject area in which they are vitally interested. Suggests activities and describes the extensive literature available on death suitable for elementary through college students. (AEA)

Outlines desirable teacher characteristics outlined in the National Council of Teachers of English "Statement on the Preparation of Teachers of English and the Language Arts" and discusses research on the effect of teacher characteristics on students, focusing on a study of the effects of teachers' belief systems on classroom environments and on…