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- The High School Canon
- Efforts to Diversify
- The End of An Era?
- Why Teach Literature?
The set of books that is taught again and again, broadly across the country, is referred to by literature scholars and English teachers as “the canon.” The high school canon has been shaped by many factors. Shakespeare’s plays, especially “Macbeth” and “Julius Caesar,” have been taught consistently since the beginning of the 20th century, when the ...
English education professor Arthur Applebee observed in 1989that, since the 1960s, “leaders in the profession of English teaching have tried to broaden the curriculum to include more selections by women and minority authors.” But in the late 1980s, according to his findings, the high school “top ten” still included only one book by a woman – Lee’s ...
Esau McCauley, the author of “Reading While Black,” describes the list of classics by white authors as the “pre-integration canon.” At least two factors suggest that its dominance over the curriculum is coming to an end. First, the battles over which books should be taught have become more intense than ever. On the one hand, progressives like the t...
Over generations, English teachers have voiced many reasons to teach books, and the canon in particular: to instill a common culture, foster citizenship, build empathy and cultivate lifelong readers. These goals have little to do with the skills emphasized by contemporary academic standards. But if literature is going to continue to be an important...
Andrew Newman may refer to: Andrew Newman (TV producer) (born 1969), British TV producer. Andrew J. Newman, Islamic studies scholar. Andrew Newman House, Massachusetts. Andy Newman (born 1978), Welsh rugby union player. Andy Newman (basketball), American basketball coach.
Andrew Newman (born 4 November 1969) is a British television executive and producer. Newman was Head of Comedy and Entertainment at Channel 4, he was appointed Chief Executive of Objective Productions in 2009, and was Chairman of BAFTA's Television Committee. He is now CEO of Spelthorne Community Television. Career
Andrew Newman is an internationally-renowned and award-winning author and founder of Conscious Stories, a growing series of bedtime stories purpose-built to support parent-child connection in the last 20 minutes of the day.
Andrew Newman. Additional Crew: Borat. Andrew Newman was born in 1970. He is a producer and writer, known for Borat (2006), Fresh Meat (2011) and Boy Meets Girl (1998).
