This ethnographically-oriented, multi-year study examined an epistolary writing relationship between third grade students and the teacher's uncle, known to them as Uncle Billy, who, at the time of the study, was corresponding from prison. Taking place within a Reformed Christian school, this study encapsulates the pedagogy of Ms. Thompson, the…

This article concerns the interpretation of a semester-long email mentoring correspondence related to social studies teaching between the two authors. Analysis interpreted the mentee's growth along O'Malley's stages of professional reflection. The analysis found that the mentoring process fostered the mentee's establishment of professional…

The objective of this article is to analyse the process of institutionalisation of public elementary schooling associated with the political organisation of the constitutional monarchy and the legislation regarding citizen rights and prerogatives in Brazil, especially in the province of Minas Gerais, during the nineteenth century. During this…

Drama at primary teaching course is given as a compulsory course to students enrolling department of the primary teaching in college of education in Turkey. In drama, assessment is problematic as the content of the lesson often deviates from the plan because of spontaneous input from the students and on-the-spot changes in direction by the…

Offers a revisionist view of business letter writing that emphasizes content and real world contact over form and punctuation. (TB)

Letter poetry is a form of writing which provides audiences points of focus: objects, nonhuman organic things, people who have died, and figures from history. Examples of student writing are provided. (HOD)

Suggests ways of developing student skills in writing letters of request. (RL)

After a half-century of official enmity between the United States and the Soviet Union, thousands of school children in these two nations are sharing thoughts, ideas, pictures, and friendships in letters criss-crossing the two continents. These new lines of communication arose because of Project Contact Point, a California-based venture that…

This book is a collection of letters and drawings created by children, that illustrate what they like to do with nature, their fears about the future of nature, and how they would like to treat nature. The book's author traveled the world and visited schools from a variety of areas, including large, medium, and small cities, country towns, and…

Describes an approach to the teaching of literature which involves writing letters to authors, encouraging book sharing, and reading along with students. (DD)

Letters and notes between grandchildren and grandparents can bring mutual benefits. This book shows grandparents how to start writing, what to write about, how to make writing fun and easy, how to get replies, and how to write memorable letters. The book, a sequel to "With Love, Grandma" (1998), provides sample letters on numerous topics…

Provides a narrative on the use of the book "The Hill That Grew" and letter writing to help a 10-year-old boy cope with stress. (PA)

Don't let it become a lost art! It may not be the easiest thing to teach, but if you can dream up interest-grabbing situations like those described, you'll probably find your students responding with enthusiasm, writing letters with a passion. Here's how two Philadelphia teachers did it. (Editor/RK)

Letter poems make poetry accessible, meaningful, and fun. Letter poems are also an apt medium for exploring a defining characteristic of poetry--line breaks. Students explore letter poems and experiment with writing letters as poems, using the placement of line breaks to enhance rhythm, sound, meaning, and appearance. During the two 40-minute…

Shares what the author-illustrator has learned about writing from letters and visits with school children. (RS)