Toward Thoughtful Curriculum: Fostering Discipline-Based Conversation

Describes the contradictory impulses embedded in the secondary English curriculum. Considers changing notions of the curriculum and recent trends in curriculum design and theory. Outlines the prominent features of successful curricula based on the concept of engendering coherent conversational domai...

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Published in:English journal 1994-03, Vol.83 (3), p.45-52
Main Author: Applebee, Arthur N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
American literature
Attitudes
Basal Reading
Conversation
Curricula
Curriculum Development
Educational Change
Educational Trends
EJ Forum: The English Curriculum
English Curriculum
English Instruction
English language
English teachers
Grade 1
Historical Background
Instructional Improvement
Language Arts
Language arts learning
Literacy
Literature
Pedagogy
Poetry
Secondary Education
Secondary school curricula
Teaching Methods
Writing instruction
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Summary:Describes the contradictory impulses embedded in the secondary English curriculum. Considers changing notions of the curriculum and recent trends in curriculum design and theory. Outlines the prominent features of successful curricula based on the concept of engendering coherent conversational domains. (HB)
ISSN:0013-8274
2161-8895
DOI:10.2307/820926