Literature Instruction in American Schools. Report Series 1.4 [microform] / Arthur N. Applebee
- Bib ID:
- 5532352
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Applebee, Arthur N
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED333467
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- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1990
- 148 p.
- Summary:
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A study portrayed the methods and materials used in literature instruction in schools in a representative sample of schools nationally. It examined the contrasts among groups of schools that might be expected to differ in their approaches to the teaching of literature, and provided a portrait of "typical" practice. A random sample of 650 secondary schools, representing 82% of those contacted, participated in a survey of current practice in the teaching of literature. The schools were divided among five independent samples, including a representative sample of public schools, two samples of schools with award-winning programs and two nationally representative samples of private school traditions. Results indicated that: (1) in general, teachers of English are experienced and well-prepared; (2) the award-winning schools were disproportionately suburban; (3) literature has maintained its central place in the English curriculum, in spite of recent reforms focusing on the teaching of writing; (4) the English curriculum is dominated by familiar selections drawn primarily from a white, male, Anglo-Saxon tradition and chosen by the teacher from a literature anthology; (5) the typical high school literature class places heavy emphasis on whole-class discussions of text that all students read; (6) writing and literature are not independent components of the teaching of English; and (7) school library collections have been strengthened over the past 25 years but considerable room for improvement remains. Findings suggest that the teaching of literature is a relatively traditional enterprise. (Eighty-three tables of data are included; 54 references and the survey instruments are attached.) (RS)
- Notes:
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- Availability: Literature Center, University at Albany Ed b-9, 1400 Washington Ave., Albany, NY 12222.
- Sponsoring Agency: National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC.
- Sponsoring Agency: Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC.
- Contract Number: G008720278.
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- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Center for the Learning and Teaching of Literature, Albany, NY
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- ERIC
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- Publication date:
- 1990
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