Didaskalos

Didaskalos was the Journal of the Joint Association of Classical Teachers.

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Didaskalos 1.1, 1963. pdfs available

  • Editorial. John Sharwood Smith. pp.1-4
  • A Theory of Classical Education. R. R. Bolgar. pp. 5-26
  • The Place of Classics in a New University. Martin Wright. pp. 27-36
  • La Situation des langues classiques dans l’enseignement francais. Robert Schilling. pp. 37-44
  • Some observations on the Pronunciation of Latin. W. Sidney Allen. pp. 45-54
  • Scansion: the eye and the ear. An experiment. C. O . Brink. pp. 55-62
  • Golden Latin Artistry. L. P. Wilkinson. pp. 63-70
  • The Ordinary Level Latin Examination
    • General introduction. C. W. Baty. pp. 71-78
    • The Oxford and Cambridge Joint Examinations Board O-Level Latin Papers, December 1960. pp. 79-84
    • First Review. John Wilson. pp. 85-88
    • Second Review. B. J. H. and J. S. S. pp. 89-94
    • Reply. B. G. C. Levens. pp. 95-100
  • Sixth Form Studies: Classical Literature – 1. Maurice Balme. pp. 101-106
  • Sixth Form Studies: Classical Literature – 2. R. H. Barrow. pp. 107-112
  • Performing Greek Tragedy in Schools – 1. David Raeburn. pp. 113-122
  • Modern Language Teaching and the Teaching of Classical Languages. W. R. Lee. pp. 123-132
  • Audio-visual Techniques of Language Teaching: the theoretical basis. M. C. Sargent. pp. 133-144
  • Classics Teaching: a select bibliography and a note on recent research. Sidney Morris. pp. 145-150
  • Reviews
    • An analysis of seven Greek text books. B. R. Rees. pp. 151-158
    • Viva voce: recordings of spoken Latin. L. A. Moritz. pp. 159-162
    • Arion: a quarterly journal of Classical Culture. Peter Ferguson. pp. 163-166
  • Editor’s notes. John Sharwood Smith. pp. 167-169

Didaskalos 1.2, 1964. pdfs available

  • Editorial.  John Sharwood Smith. pp. 1
  • A Theory of Classical Education – 2. E. H. Kenny. pp. 2-18
  • Prose Composition
    • The Historical Background. M. L. Clarke. pp. 19-21
    • The Value of Prose Composition -1. A. G. Lee. pp. 22-25
    • The Value of Prose Composition – 2. R. Bambrough.  pp. 26-27
    • Classics Without Prose Composition. L. Leather and A. C. Reynell. pp. 28-30
  • The Art and Practice of Translation. J. H. M. Berwick. pp. 31-41
  • The Ordinary Level Latin Examination.
    • General Introduction. S. Wiseman. pp. 42-48
    • The Joint Matriculation Board O-level Latin papers, July 1963. pp. 49-52
    • First Review. G. Morgan. pp. 53-56
    • Second Review. M. S. Justins. pp. 57-60
    • Reply. D. Bunyon. pp. 61-67
  • An Experiment in Audio-Visual Latin Teaching – 1. P. L. K. Buckle and R. Ellwood. pp. 68-77
  • An Experiment in Audio-Visual Latin Teaching -2. W. B. Thompson. pp. 78-80
  • Ancient Grammarians and Modern Linguistics. R. H. Robins. pp 81-89
  • -orum and -arum. L. E. Eyres. pp. 90-95
  • L’Association des Classiques Sortis de l’Universite de Liege. P. Constant. pp. 96-105
  • W. H. D. Rouse and the Association for the Reform of Latin Teaching. F. R. Dale. pp. 106-114
  • Reflections. M. Cole. pp. 115-123
  • Performing Greek Tragedy in Schools -2. D. Raeburn. pp. 124-132
  • Some Trends in English Teaching Today. N. Martin. pp. 133-141
  • What Happens to Classics Graduates? M. Kendall. pp. 142-147
  • obiter carpta. pp. 148-151

Didaskalos 1.3, 1965. pdfs available.

  • Editorial. John Sharwood Smith. pp. 1-2
  • A theory of Classical Education – 3. The Classics in the Sixties. M. McCrum. pp. 3-19
  • The use of Latin prose composition.  R. Knox. pp. 20-21
  • Ancient History at A-level
    • History at the Advanced Level. F. Sparrow. pp. 2330
    • Advanced Level Ancient History. pp. 31-34
    • Review. J. Graham. pp. 35-39
    • Reply. B. Warmington. pp. 40-46
  • la situazione delle lingue classiche nella scuola itliana. A. Grilli. pp. 47-56
  • Sanskrit in Indian Education. K. Mukerjee. pp. 57-65
  • Ancient History in the senior forms -1. M. Finley. pp. 66-74
  • Ancient History in the senior forms -2. C. Haworth. pp. 75-82
  • What is History? W. von Leyden. pp. 83-91
  • Trends in History teaching. M. Bryant. pp. 92-103
  • Latin in preparatory schools -1. E. Langhorne. pp. 104-119
  • Latin in preparatory schools -2. A. Davis. pp. 120-128
  • Report on an inquiry. G. Cawkwell and D. Russell. pp. 129-134
  • Latin in two-subject Honours degrees. T. Ryder. pp. 135-139
  • Postgraduate research and the future scholar. R. Ogilvie. pp. 140-144
  • An approach to medieval Latin literature. F. Brittain. pp. 145-152
  • Roman history and the Roman coinage. R. Carson. pp. 153-164
  • Nine types of editor. E. Connell. pp. 165-167
  • The importance of the oral approach to  modern language teaching. C. Russell. pp. 168-174
  • Convenienter naturae. J. Hawthorn. pp. 175-177
  • The crisis in the Classics. ‘R. Yarrington’. pp. 178-183

Didaskalos 2.1, 1966. pdfs not yet available.

  • Editorial. John Sharwood Smith. pp. 1-2
  • A Theory of Classical Education -4. J. P. Sullivan. pp. 3-14
  • The critical study of literature. K. Quinn. pp. 15-25
  • Aestimanda and the humane study of literature. P. S. Doughty. pp. 26-38.
  • Practical criticism. M. Balme and M. Warman. pp. 39-47.
  • On teaching Classics at Groton. J. L. MacDonald. pp. 48-56.
  • Examining literacy studies. P. Creek. pp. 57-64.
  • The Cambridge A-level Latin syllabus and papers. 1965.
    • The papers. pp. 65-72.
    • The Cambridge A-level Latin syllabus and papers. P. Ferguson. pp. 73-81.
    • Reply. W. K. Lacey. pp. 81-85.
  • Transfer. R. M. Foss. pp. 86-90.
  • In translation. J. Wilkins. pp. 91-100.
  • A psychological approach to mythology. 1. M. D. Marshak. pp. 101-110.
  • Some aspects of the Classics at Ibadan. J. Ferguson. pp. 111-118.
  • The Classics in Africa. O. Esan. pp. 119-126.
  • Die Situiation des altsprachlichen Unterrichts in Westdeutschland. G. Horning. pp. 127-138. (with summary translation into English).
  • CSE and the Classics
    • Syllabus. pp. 139-142.
    • Examination papers. pp. 143-148.
    • Note. pp. 149-154.
  • Performing Graeco-Roman comedy in schools -1. H. C. Fay. pp. 155-164.
  • The staple of English education. D. Pym. pp. 165-174.
  • Prose composition again. The case for composing. J. E. T. Brown. pp. 175-181.
  • Some books for critics. J. V. Muir. pp. 182-187.