Purpose: This longitudinal study investigated the ways in which virtual communities of practice (VCoPs) can support the well-being of teachers in managerial roles during stressful changes and crises. Specifically, it examined the experiences of these educators to better understand how VCoPs contribute to sustaining well-being in the face of…

With germinal texts, new writings, and related art, "Sexualities in Education: A Reader" illuminates a broad scope of analysis and organization. Composed of a framing essay and nine sections edited by established and emerging scholars and addressing critical topics for researchers and students of sexualities and education, the text…

This paper considers meanings used for the terms "affect,""emotion," and "mood" and suggests that feeling states should be defined in terms of duration, subjectivity/objectivity, the role of cognition, and the phenomenological level. A study of patients' facial expression and vocal acoustics is described to offer empirical support for the…

Suggestions are made to teachers for using daydreaming, guided as fantasy, to prepare students to concentrate, to enrich the curriculum, and to increase self-knowledge. (Author/SJL)

Poetry comes to a person from outside, but for it to live, the person must come to it and meet it and complete it. Poetry is new every day because it is seen in different ways by different people. It makes possible the deepest kind of personal possession of the world. The first true encounter with poetry should be simple and should involve…

One of a series written for parents and other caregivers, this handbook on child development focuses on children from 2 to 6 years of age. Contents describe (1) physical development in terms of body size and shape, brain and eyes, and motor skills; (2) cognitive development and language acquisition; (3) personality development, with particular…

After explaining the development of the conscience, or "superego," as closely related to self-esteem, and produced through experiences with caregivers, this discussion indicates the nature of discipline and differentiates between discipline and punishment. Four principles assumed to operate in the development of conscience are specified.…

Defines the form, subject, structure, language, and feeling of haiku, a Japanes verse form in which a short poem captures the essence of natural events. Provides guidelines for using haiku in nature education. (LFL)

Presents (1) information to help teachers evaluate how well the physically handicapped child and his/her family have adjusted to the child's disability and (2) guidelines for handling associated practical issues that arise in the classroom. (Author/RH)

Suggests techniques for helping students to recognize emotional content in books or television programs and to understand how authors use emotion as a story device. (Author/SJL)

A physical fitness program centered around running for awareness of inner feelings self, body, breathing, others, and physical surroundings is described. (MM)

After interviewing Jewish teenagers about death, finds Reform Judaism teachers teach about love and marriage but not death. Observes students know little of Jewish customs related to death. Notes Jewish doctrine focuses on the needs of the living. Considers elements that will be necessary to provide for effective death education in Reform Jewish…

The research findings on childhood grief are often inconsistent and differ among studies. This book presents major findings from the Child Bereavement Study and looks at the implications of these of these findings for intervention with bereaved children and their families. Following an introduction describing the methodology of the Child…

Drawing, writing, acting, and discussion activities are presented, which the author has found successful in helping third-graders understand and face their own feelings and those of others. (SJL)

This volume, written by teachers for teachers, parents and administrators, presents an insightful, correlative view of the emotional needs of both the teachers and their students. Frontmatter includes: "Planning to Become a Teacher?" and "Needs of Children and Their Teachers." Papers included are: (1) "On the Teaching of Teachers" (C. A.…