Transformative approaches to teaching and learning have become ubiquitous in education today. Researchers, practitioners and commentators alike often claim that a truly worthwhile education should transform learners in a profound and enduring way. But what exactly does it mean to be so transformed? What should teachers be transforming students…

Since 1996, hundreds of teacher preparation programs and thousands of schools, school districts, and government agencies have turned to the Framework for Teaching for a better understanding of excellent instruction. The Framework's four domains, 22 components, and 78 key elements provide an expansive, holistic definition of what teachers across…

Social Entrepreneurship (SE) programs have been expanding over the past decade. The emergence of this new discipline can be attributed to two overlapping factors. Students (particularly business students) have expressed an increased desire to blend values, ethics and social causes into their own vocations. At the same time, the nonprofit and…

In the early 21st Century, a new vision for classroom practice emerged that looks very different from the teaching that existed previously. This new teaching is a synthesis of effective curriculum, big ideas, nurturing relationships, differentiated instruction, appropriate assessment, teaching to standards, use of technology, and solid…

The taxonomy and suggestions presented in this article were designed and used to help preservice and inservice teachers clarify their homework policies and practices. Three types of homework assignments are described: practice, preparation, and extension. (KC)

The author suggests that we tend to give short shrift to sculpture when we go to art museums and great architectural landmarks. She describes various forms of sculpture: carving; modeling; modern plastics, rope, glass, rubber; and mobiles. (KC)

Describes an activity in which new teachers compose a personal teaching philosophy stimulated by their responses to two short literature selections. (SR)

The mission of the International Association for K-12 Online Learning, iNACOL, is to ensure all students have access to a world-class education and quality online learning opportunities that prepare them for a lifetime of success. This document, the International Association for K-12 Online Learning's (iNACOL) "National Standards for Quality…

Described is a grammar program, "The Drama of Grammar," which engages students in exploring language through active participation in numerous activities. It is based on the recognition that children already know and use the language system, and builds on that knowledge. (KC)

Featuring an increased emphasis on the way today's changing science and technology is shaping our culture, this Second Edition of "Teaching Science in Elementary and Middle School" provides pre- and in-service teachers with an introduction to basic science concepts and methods of science instruction, as well as practical strategies for the…

Inquires into the nature of the phenomenon of the adulation of the child as natural writer and poet in American mythology and educational practice. (CRH)

Differing philosophies of education associated with John Dewey, Robert Maynard Hutchins, Jerome Bruner, and A. S. Neill are outlined. Implications of each philosophy for mathematics and science teaching are suggested. (MP)

The author explores some of the possibilities and problems involved in teaching musical composition, describes three approaches to songwriting, and offers suggestions for ways teachers can reinforce efforts of student songwriters. (KC)

The differences between the philosophies and attitudes of standard and nonstandard mathematics instruction are outlined and the Math Course, a program at the University of California at San Diego which provides supplementary mathematics instruction to gifted elementary school students, is described. (SBH)

Argues that the literature classroom is a forum for negotiating and renegotiating the culture and is not merely a means of transmitting knowledge and values to students. Argues that the consumerist attitude of Bloom and Hirsch towards education must be replaced by an adaptation of Barthes' strategy of rereading literature. (RS)