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Malmgren, Dallin – 1994
This collection of essays on teaching is written from the perspective of a high school English teacher. The ideas for these essays are drawn from experiences, from debates in the faculty lounge, from confrontations with parents, and from crisis interventions with distraught students. Personal narratives and classroom vignettes are used to…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Educational Environment, English Instruction
Hart, Francis Russell – 1989
A professor of literature recounts and draws on his experiences in the undergraduate English classroom, providing guidance to other teachers through theoretical and anecdotal comments on teaching and learning styles, curriculum, and teaching methods. The first chapter sketches a theoretical framework synthesized from models of learning and…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cognitive Style, College Curriculum, College Instruction
Download full textRouse, John – 1993
Offering glimpses into an English teacher's unorthodox teaching style, this book presents the story of one woman's dedication to her energetic, unruly students and challenges teachers to find their own unique genius within personal and institutional limitations. The book discusses how the teacher (who has spent her entire career at one school)…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Communication, Creative Teaching, Language Arts
Upitis, Rena – 1990
This book focuses on music as a subject relating to all other disciplines. "On the Teaching of Music," the first of 12 chapters, sets the theoretical and philosophical basis for a child-centered, subject-integrated teaching approach through autobiographical narrative. Chapter 2, "A Music Playground," advocates the presentation of materials and…
Descriptors: Creative Expression, Educational Games, Elementary Secondary Education, Improvisation
Eble, Kenneth E. – 1983
The aims of college teaching are discussed, and a comparison of higher education in 1960 and two decades later is provided. After considering the development of a teaching style and the importance of the teacher's character, the joyful and spontaneous side of teaching are considered. The nature of teaching (i.e., art, science, or craft) is also…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy
Hamm, Russell L. – 1981
An examination of the grounds for fundamental beliefs about education and the basic concepts, doctrines, and practices that express such beliefs is presented. The overall objective of the book is to provide teachers with an insight into why and what they are teaching, and how these purposes relate to the school, the values of the community, and…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Educational Philosophy, Educational Practices, Educational Theories
Garrison, D. Randy; Archer, Walter – 2000
Focusing on teaching and learning (the learning process rather than selection of learning content), this book provides a comprehensive perspective on the process of adult and higher education. Part 1 explores the transactional relationship between the personal reflective world of the learner and the collaborative shared world of the educational…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Classroom Techniques, Critical Thinking
