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Harste, Jerome C.; Short, Kathy G. – Language Arts, 1996
Presents an in-depth interview with Ken and Yetta Goodman, awarded the second National Council of Teachers of English award for outstanding educator in the language arts. (SR)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Higher Education, Interviews, Language Arts
Strickland, James, Ed.; Kiernan, Henry, Ed. – English Leadership Quarterly, 1994
These 4 issues of the English Leadership Quarterly comprise volume 16, published during 1994. Articles in number 1 deal with practical advice, and include: "The Law of Privacy and the Writing Teacher" (Ben T. Allen); Beware of Teachers Who Laminate Their Lesson Plans and Other Useful Suggestions about Teaching" (Robert Perrin);…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, English Instruction, English Teachers, Higher Education
Shepperson, Grace M.; Nistler, Robert J. – 1990
In response to the restructuring of a school's literacy program, a study was designed to address three research question: (1) What levels of concerns are raised by teachers in the areas of "self,""task," and "impact"? (2) What responses do these concerns elicit from university researchers and other participants? and…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Higher Education
Nistler, Robert J.; Shepperson, Grace M. – 1990
After a decision was made at a Texas elementary school to adopt a whole language philosophy toward literacy instruction, a study was designed to address three research questions: (1) What levels of concerns are raised by teachers in the areas of "self,""task," and "impact"? (2) What responses do these concerns elicit…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Higher Education
National-Louis Univ., Evanston, IL. – 1995
This document contains 33 papers from a conference on research in adult, continuing, and community education. Representative papers include the following: "Highlander Folk School: A Commune Based on Intellectual Property" (Keith B. Armstrong, Donna J. Martin); "Women, Welfare and Mandated Education: An Analysis of Single Mothers'…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy