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NCTE Centennial Celebration

Break out the confetti and the party hats.

Soon the National Council of Teachers of English will mark its Centennial, 100 years of leadership in literacy education.  As our Centennial slogan suggests, we are reading the past and writing the future. 

Founded in Chicago in December 1911, NCTE has grown from its original 60 or so members to its current strength of 54,000.  And while 2011 is the birthday year, plans and activities are currently underway to mark the organization’s vital place in literacy education in American and to foster more public awareness of issues in literacy education. The group charged with the Centennial celebration is the Task Force on Council History and 2011.  Click here for more information about Centennial projects.

Join us as we celebrate the Centennial:

LEARN tidbits of NCTE history with Blasts from the Past

VIEW original documents from NCTE history

LISTEN to history come alive

READ  Then and Now stories of teachers who look back on their lives and share how their teaching changed

SHARE your own story of Then and Now

CONTACT Leila Christenbury, Chair, Task Force on Council History and 2011, to volunteer or to share your ideas and comments

 

What are some of the most important changes you have seen in teaching and literacy education?

Most Recent Comments (2 Total Posts)

Posted By: Anonymous User on 8/26/2009 7:02:59 AM

The most significant alteration I have witnessed is a focus on brain research and the ways the brain retains information--through the use of color, consistency, "chunking" information, and the focus on a common visual language for the eight cognitive skills. My realization of these facts, along with my knowledge of the four learning styles, made such a difference in my classroom and other teachers' classrooms as well. We must recognize and address these factors in student achievement and retention.

Posted By: Anonymous User on 10/19/2008 7:27:00 PM

The most significant changes that I have seen within the past thirty-five years have been in regards to technology. Due to technological advances, there are so many ways to communicate today, whether one is e-mailing, blogging or texting, there are innumerable ways to get one's message out today versus those that were available in the 1970's, and this is what is so fantastic about communication at this time.

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