ENGLISH IN A DECADE of CHANGE is the first book to review and assess the innovations in the teaching and learning of English in the decade since 1958-a period of phenomenal growth in American education. It surveys trends in the preparation of teachers of English,

describes changes in the English curriculum at all levels, and outlines new patterns of school and college organization which affect the teaching of English from kindergarten through graduate school. 

This broad survey of national achievements and directions in English in the 1960's provides a comprehensive overview of the subject as it is being taught in elementary and secondary schools, junior and community colleges, four-year institutions, and graduate schools. It is not intended, how-ever, merely to provide information about the new pedagogy, but to outline new responsibilities for the teacher of English, especially at the college level, and to suggest promising techniques and classroom patterns for the English classroom of the 1970's.