Recounts how a graduate student in education struggled to write her first poem before going out to teach poetry to students. (JL)

Explains the economic concept of Rational Expectations (RE) and demonstrates how it can be introduced to British 'A' level students. Illustrates the implications of RE for the Cobweb and Augmented Phillips Curve market models. Outlines some attractions and limitations of rational expectations. (Author/DH)

Describes teachers who inspired students to become teachers. (JL)

Notes that in teacher education, stories can be used to help teachers focus on professional practices and beliefs. Contends that this instructional tool acknowledges the influence that lived experiences have in teachers' current and future educational decision-making. Explores how pre- and inservice teachers' understanding of university course…

Encouraging a professional dialogue among teachers of English, this journal issue focuses on teachers' feelings about their own lives, their classrooms, their students, their specialized knowledge, and their problems. The titles of the essays and their authors, are as follows: (1) "Of Pigs and Stars: A Nebraska Memory" (G. L. Nelson);…

Discussed is an activity that allows preservice teachers to write about their own relationships with science teachers and their experiences with hands-on science activities in an autobiography. Directions, excerpts from past autobiographies, and the implications are included. (KR)

Studies the status of the mathematics reform effort in Ohio, specifically measuring the dissemination of the standards and teachers' opinions of Ohio's Competency-Based Mathematics Model to determine whether there were significant differences in knowledge of the standards and opinions of the Competency-Based Mathematics Model based on teacher…

Reports on a study of the background and training of 178 economics teachers in 114 high schools in western New York State. Contends that teachers with no background have greater difficulty teaching economic topics than teachers trained in economics. (CFR)

Presents a class project facilitated by a teacher who used his background in construction to teach students to build a house, during which process many geometric and measurement concepts were introduced or reinforced. Discusses importance of student responsibility and the vital cooperation between construction experts, materials suppliers, and…