Speech education in Pennsylvania high schools

Summary

Information about the curricular and co‐curricular speech programs in 90% of the Pennsylvania high schools was secured through two questionnaires‐one to teachers and one to principals. Most of the people teaching speech are English teachers who are not certified in speech, who do not belong to any professional speech associations, who do not regularly read any speech journal, and who do not feel well prepared to teach the subject. Almost every high school offers some form of co‐curricular speech, but only a minority of the schools participate on an inter‐scholastic basis and affiliate with any co‐curricular speech organization.

Notes

This paper is based upon a study conducted by The Pennsylvania State University and The Department of Public Instruction of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and released by that Department in 1966. The general comments expressed in the report represent the conclusions of the author and are included because of their general interest, not because they necessarily represent or reflect the Department of Public Instruction's position or conclusions. The Department, however, concurs fully with the recommendations which Professor Dunham has included. TODAY'S SPEECH reprints this paper with permission of the Department of Public Instruction and Professor Dunham. Single copies of this report are available free from the Bureau of Curriculum Development, Department of Public Instruction, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg.