This study aims to deepen our understanding of teaching, specifically the role of teachers' responsiveness in promoting equity in secondary science teaching. To build a conceptual argument--that teachers' responsiveness expands the opportunity to learn for students from historically marginalized communities--I explore one high school science…

How do teachers respond to a mathematics curriculum innovation? This paper reports some of the findings from a UK Research Council (ESRC)-funded project investigating how teachers in English secondary schools (students aged 12-16 years) responded to innovation. A Gatsby Foundation funded program implemented new materials; the project investigated…

Discusses reaction to satirical letter criticizing teachers for spending extra time with weaker students published in the March 23, 2001, issue of the "San Jose Mercury News" by a former professor of mathematics and computer science. (PKP)

By revisiting a framework for successful cooperative learning, secondary teachers can ensure that their cooperative learning activities produce solid learning and satisfying results. Article answers common questions teachers have concerning logistics, their new facilitative and valuative roles, and strategies for choosing groups, ensuring all…

Noting that young adult literature is especially vulnerable to censorship, this guide maintains that every teacher should have a written rationale for every book that is required reading in the classroom. It presents 19 guidelines for writing a theoretical rationale for any book used in the classroom. Twenty references and a list of where to get…

Shares some personal reflections about the causes of adolescent resistance to changing behavior and the principles of response, based in part on what students have said to teachers about why they do what they do. Discussed are both responses to avoid and alternative responses. (JPS)

Analyzes Tanzania's efforts to modify the secondary curriculum by unifying academics and productive work. Teachers have not adopted the new approach. The author suggests that teachers' reactions are affected by the relationship between schools and the division of labor, difficulties of specifying what unity means, and problems of school…

One teacher's bittersweet account of the last day of school before summer vacation. (JT)

Presents responses of eight teachers concerning the effects of mandated testing. Describes how the teachers cope with the problems raised by mandated tests. (RS)

Since 1986, over 1,500 elementary and secondary schools have been recognized and honored by the Department of Education for exemplary leadership, discipline, community support, and high standards and expectations. A recent survey shows that teachers in recognized secondary schools perceive their principals as more effective than teachers in…

Teachers in Fort Howard, Maryland, adopted a planning wheel to keep teachers' content area central and allow integration of logical, natural elements of associated course content. The planning wheel has become a useful organizer for curriculum development, individual teacher planning, and team planning across daily lessons or at the unit level.…

Describes the "correction process" developed by one writing teacher by which students are asked to address comments to graded written assignments. Advocates allowing students to enter into a useful dialog with their instructor over the content and quality of their written work. (HB)

Argues that a teacher's informed response to popular culture in the classroom requires consideration of how students use it in light of the economics of its production. Illustrates this through the classroom talk of 11- and 12-year-old boys discussing a horror series book. Discusses social uses of popular culture and the role of teachers regarding…

Frequently curriculum implementation procedures consist of little more than teachers receiving descriptions of subject matter, definitions of new or technical terminology, and/or outlines detailing the surface steps of an instructional process. This case study analysis of how two high school teachers adapted some new curriculum features into their…