Futuristic Designs in the English Curriculum: Four Scenarios.

MF-$0.65 HC-$3.29 *Creative Writing; *Curriculum Planning; Educational Innovation; *English Curriculum; *Graduate Students; *Student Developed Materials; Teaching Techniques Written by four teams of doctoral students at Ball State University, the scenarios presented describe a hypothetical sequence of events, procedures, or new patterns involving the English curriculum of the future. The scenarios are: I. An English Curriculum for the Year 2000; II. MED-85, a Humanistic Communications Scenario; III. A.D. Two Double-0 Two; and IV. Sense, Intellect, and Imagination: A Humanities Curriculum Scenario. The value of the scenario is seen to be as follows: (1) the use of the scenario as a teaching technique; and (2) the innovative qualities of the scenarios which call for dif ferent strategems, approaches, and new terminology with which to cope with projected socioeconomic changes 20 or 30 years from the present. (DB) U.S. DEPARTMENT Of HEALTH. EDUCATION & WELFARE