An English Department Reexamines Itself: Becoming a Department of Literacy.

Autor/inn/en	Marsella, Joy; Whitlock, Roger
Titel	An English Department Reexamines Itself: Becoming a Department of Literacy.
Quelle	(1986), (14 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Curriculum Development; Curriculum Evaluation; Educational Development; Educational Improvement; English Curriculum; English Departments; English Instruction; Faculty Development; Faculty Evaluation; Higher Education; Program Descriptions; Self Evaluation (Groups); Writing Instruction + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Evaluation; Curriculumevaluation; Rahmenplan; Evaluierung; Bildungsentwicklung; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; English langauage lessons; Englischunterricht; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Self evaluation; Group; Groups; Selbstevaluation; Gruppe (Soz); Schreibunterricht
Abstract	In the past 5 years, the University of Hawaii (UH) English Department has undergone significant changes in curriculum, staff, and students. Freshman English was formerly taught by lecturers, but is now the shared responsibility of all professors on the English faculty. The maximum class enrollment has been decreased from 25 students to 20. Previously, little emphasis was placed on writing across the curriculum; soon all students will be required to take five writing intensive courses before graduation, and the department now offers a master's program in composition studies. Finally, the English department has actively assumed responsibility for community literacy through its sponsorship of the Hawaii Writing Project. These departmental changes were effected by questioning customary teaching habits and reexamining educational goals, priorities, and procedures. The curriculum reflects the resulting paradigmatic shifts--several writing courses have been added at the remedial, intermediate and advanced levels. A campuswide writing committee has been formed to examine university writing requirements. The remodeled program places equal emphasis on both quality teaching and research in literature and writing and can act as a model for English departments where writing and literature programs must co-exist and complement one another in their missions of teaching and research. (JD)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC