DOCUMENT RESUME ED 024 687 TE 000 960 By- Grommon, Alfred H., Ed. The Education of Teachers of English for American Schools and Colleges. Volume V. NCTE Curriculum Series. National Council of Teachers of English, Champaign. Ill. Commission on the English Curriculum. Pub Date 63 Note-608p.; Published by Appleton-Century-Crofts. New York. Available from-National Council of Teachers of English, 508 South Sixth Street, Champaign. Illinois 61820 (Stock No. 17902; $7.00 nomembers, $5.25 members). EDRS Price MF-$2.50 HC Not Available from EDRS. Descriptors- Academic Education, College Preparation, *College Teachers. Doctoral Programs, *Elementary School Teachers, *English Instruction, English Programs, Followup Studies. Inservice 'reacher Education. *Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Certification, Teacher Characteristics, Teacher Education, Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Role, Teacher Selection, Teaching Assignment The academic and professional preparation of elementary. secondary. and college teachers of English is discussed, and recommendations for strengthening the teaching profession are presented. Specific topics of discussion are (1) teacher roles and personal characteristics, (2) the recruitment, selection, certification, and assignmeni of English teachers, (3) illustrative language arts programs for the elementary and secondary schools, (4) the aims and activities of inservice programs for improving instruction, and (5) the nature and value of follow-up studies of English teachers on the job. (SW) , 44. v THE EDUCATION OF TEACHERS OF ENGLISH ;;;;;-1 0 Prepared by THE COMMISSION ON THE ENGLISH CURRICULUM Vol. I The English Language Arts Vol. IILanguage Arts for Today's Children Vol. IIIThe English Language Arts in the Secondary School Vol. IV The College Teaching of English (in preparation) Vol. V The Education of Teachers of English for American Schools and Colleges The Education of Teachers of English FOR AMERICAN SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES Prepared by THE COMMISSION ON THE ENGLISH CURRICULUM of THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TEACHERS OF ENGLISH Edited by ALFRED H. GROMMON U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION & WELFARE OFFICE Of EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRODUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM ME PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGINATING IT.POINTS OF VIEW OR OPINIONS STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT OFFICIAL OFFICE OF EDUCATION POSITION OR POLICY. 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Y. 10016 6103-1 Library of Congress Card Number: 63-20362 PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA E-39210 PREFACE The Education of Teachers of English for AmericanSchools and Colleges is the fifth volume of the CurriculumSeries prepared for the National Council of Teachers of Englishby the Commis- sion on the English Curriculum. As reportedin the Preface of The English Language Arts, Volume I of thisseries, the Commis- sion was appointed in 1945 "to study theplace of the language arts in life today, to examine the needs and methods of learning for children and youth, and toprepare a series of volumes on the English curriculum basedupon sound democratic principles and the most adequate research concerning howpowers in the lan- guage arts can best be developed." Dora V. Smith, now Professor Emerita of the University of Minnesota,was appointed Director. Because this volume completes the assignments for which the Commission has been solely responsible (a further Curriculum Series volume, under joint sponsorship with other organizations, is in preparation), the members of the Commission whomet in Philadelphia, November, 1961, at the annual convention of the NCTE, requested the Board of Directors of the Councilto termi- nate the Commission and also suggested that a new commission be appointed to consider current problems in the Englishcur- riculum in schools and colleges. The Board took this action at its annual meeting the next day, and a new commission has beenap- pointed. The members of the Curriculum Commission responsible for the preparation of the volumes in the Curriculum Seriesare listed below. As has been characteristic of all contributors to this series, the writers of Volume V volunteered their services and represent the elementary and secondary schools and colleges and universities. Contributors to each chapter are listed in the Table of Contents and on the first page of each chapter. On behalf of the Commis- sion and of the Committee responsible for preparing this volume, I wish. to express here our warm appreciation for their valuable work. vi PREFACE On behalf of the Commission, I wish to thank also the follow- ing persons who carefully examined drafts of this manuscript and made many constructive suggestions: Richard S. Alm, University of Hawaii; Jerome W. Archer, Arizona State University; RobertS. Hunting, Purdue University; Edwin H. Sauer, Chicago Teachers College; Donald R. Tuttle, U. S. Office of Education; and mem- bers of the NCTE Committee on PublicationsJames R.Squire, University of Illinois, chairman; Robert A. Bennett, SanDiego, California, Public Schools; Muriel Crosby, Wilmington,Dela- ware, Public Schools; William S. Ward,University of Kentucky; Autrey Nell Wiley, Texas Woman's University;Miriam Wilt, Temple University; and Enid M. Olson, NCTE. But I wish to thank particularly the following personswithout whose talents, experience, patience, devotion to theCouncil, and determination to see this series completed the publicationof this book would have been prolonged even furtherthan, alas, it has already been. Foremost, of course, I wish to thank DoraV. Smith, who has shepherded each of these volumesalong and has also done much of the writing and editing. As thelist of writers of this volume indicates, she contributed greatly tothe preparation of the chapters in Part I, "EducatingTeachers of English for the Elementary School." She also made valuablesuggestions for the other chapters. I wish to thank, too,Professor Mildred Dawson and Professor Ruth Strickland for allthey did in preparing the chapters in Part I. I am indebted to ProfessorHelene Hartley for her contributions to the preparationof the chapters in Part II, "Educating Teachers of English for theSecondary School." For his indefatigable efforts to getthis book completed, all of us connected withit owe much to James R. Squire,Executive Secretary of the NCTE. We wish to express ourappreciation also to Mrs. Enid Olson,Director of Publications, and to RobertF. Hogan, Assistant Executive Secretary.And for her great pa tience during the long time this book wasin preparation and for her careful assistance in collating thevariety of recommendations submitted by the many readers of themanuscript, I wish espe- cially to thank my wife, HelenMcCurdy Grommon. ALFRED H. GROMMON General Editor THE COMMISSION ON THE ENGLISH CURRICULUM NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TEACHERS OF ENGLISH 508 South Sixth Street, Champaign, Illinois DIRECTOR Dora V. Smith, Professor of Education Emerita University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS Angela M. Broening, Director, Bureau of Publica- tions; formerly Supervisor of English Baltimore Public Schoo:s Baltimore, Maryland John C. Gerber, Professor and Chairman, Depart- ment of English, State University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa Alfred H. Grommon, Professor of Education and English, Stanford University Stanford, California Helen K. Mackintosh, Chief, Elementary Schools Section, United States Office of Education, De- partment of Health, Education and Welfare, Washington, D.C. * James A. Work, Professor of English Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION Haden M. Adams, Executive Dean Carter Davidson, President and Pro- and Professor of Language Arts and fessor of English Educa tion Union College and University Chico State College Schenectady-Albany, New York Chico, California John J. DeBoer, Professor of Educa- Harold A. Anderson, Associate Pro- tion fessor of Education University of Illinois University of Chicago Urbana, Illinois Chicago, Illinois Editor, Elementary English, 1942- Dwight L. Burton, Professor of Eng- 1961 lish Education John H. Fisher, Professor of English Florida State University New York University Tallahassee, Florida New York, New York Editor, The English Journal Frederidc L. Gwynn, Professor and Muriel Crosby, Assistant Superintend- Chairman, Department of English ent and Director of Elementary Ed- Trinity College ucation Hartford, Connecticut Wilmington Public Schools Editor, College English, 1955-1960 Wilmington, Delaware * Deceased vii viii MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION Helene W. Hartley, Professor of Edu- E. Louise Noyes, formerly Headof cation Emerita the English Department Syracuse University Santa Barbara High School Syracuse, New York Santa Barbara, California 360 La Mesa Drive 425 Stanley Drive Menlo Park, California Santa Barbara, California W. Wilbur Hatfield, Secretary-Treas- Thomas C. Pollock, Professor ofEng- urer of the National Council of lish, Vice President