Overview
Key Works in English Education, envisioned by Ernest Morrell, provides a definitive map of how, over the last several decades, the discipline has redefined what it means to read and write in a changing world. This collection of over 60 essays is the two-volume companion to Critical English Education: Enduring Voices, New Perspectives. It showcases the scholars and texts that have shaped student agency, creativity, and critical consciousness through literacy.
With NCTE articles, book excerpts, and other work at the center of the narrative, Key Works in English Education also demonstrates how a professional organization can influence an entire discipline—and how that discipline, in turn, can shape the minds and voices of the next generation of English educators. This compilation is an essential resource for anyone committed to the power of language as a tool for equity, identity, and social change.
The editors have generously agreed to donate royalties from the sale of the book, as well as Critical English Education, to NCTE. Morrell was the first member of the editorial team to make this commitment, reflective of his original vision for this publication and how deeply he believed English educators influence the world.
Volume 1 of Key Works in English Education features works by Arthur Applebee; David Bartholomae; Rudine Sims Bishop; James Britton; Anne Haas Dyson; Janet Emig; Keith Gilyard; Anne Ruggles Gere, Kenneth S. Goodman; Yetta Goodman; Miles Myers; James Moffett; Louise Rosenblatt; Kathy Short; Peter Smagorinsky; Geneva Smitherman; and James R. Squire.
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