Toward a Confluent Theory of the Teaching of English, with Implications for Teacher Education

• Main Author: Yeomans, Thomas Ramsay
• Format: Dissertation
• Language: English
• Published: University Microfilms 1973
• Subjects: College Curriculum; Curriculum Development; Doctoral Dissertations; Educational Theories; English Education; English Instruction; Higher Education; Humanistic Education; Teacher Education; Teaching Models

This dissertation describes a comprehensive model for the confluent teaching of English and English Education, focusing specifically on the education of late adolescents (ages 16-20) and treating the areas of human development, curriculum, methodology, and teacher education. Chapter one examines the research on adolescent psychology, particularly the theories of Havighurst, Erikson, and Jersild, in order to delineate the psycho-social reality of this age group. Chapter two surveys and examines the literature on the innovations in English Education which have occurred in America over the past fifteen years, and chapter three does much the same for the changes that have been brought about in British education during the same period of time. Chapter four introduces and explores a new source for educational theory and practice in America, still mostly unknown to English educators. Chapter five proposes and elaborates a comprehensive model for a confluent English Education which synthesizes American, British, and humanistic approaches and makes possible the development of a pedagogy in English which would integrate cognition and affect in teaching and learning. (Author/RB)