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Sumara, Dennis J. – JCT: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1996
Describes how a college professor incorporates "commonplace books" into his courses, with reading and writing the focal practices in curriculum studies classrooms. He defines commonplace books as collecting places for various writings related to the courses. The books represent fragments of a variety of experiences in a variety of…
Descriptors: Books, College Students, Graduate Study, Hermeneutics
Baghban, Marcia – 1998
This paper describes a graduate course using biographical materials for teachers to work through their understandings of reading and writing as personal, valuable processes. The course consists of three parts; each session begins with the reading of a children's picture book that deals with reading and writing; next, the class reads the…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Elementary Education