Examines the sources of structural metaphors in the knowledge base of three experienced secondary teachers who used the metaphors to construct content meaning for students. The article looks at how the teachers perceived, organized, and gave meaning to themselves, their experiences, and their worlds. (SM)

Study examined relationships between teaching style and textbook use and the influence of teacher ideology on teaching style. Elementary, middle, and secondary teachers developed lessons related to a provided textbook and indicated beliefs about students, knowledge, and teaching. Three teaching styles (coverage, extension, and thinking) associated…

Each adult educator holds a unique set of beliefs about teaching and the elements of instruction and behaves in a teaching/learning setting in fundamentally individual ways. The key to a congruent teaching style is having the beliefs and behaviors consistent with each other. (Author/JOW)

Presents the three different types of teachers that play an important role in Cynthia Voigt's novel, "Dicey's Song." Analyzes the three models of teaching behavior represented in the novel. Relates these models to Carol Pearson's psychological archetypes for heroic growth. (HB)

Discusses how a secondary school English teacher focuses not on the carefully plotted beginnings and endings of lessons but the middle moments, which surrender first and last things to concentrate on expressions of creative power. (RS)

Examines two studies that investigated methods of teaching and learning in England's post-16 curriculum, focusing on differences in English literature and English-language instruction. The studies collected students' perceptions of instructional practices. Results suggest that teachers do not vary their teaching styles when teaching the two…

Points out that learning in Western cultures is predominately concerned with left-brain, or rational, knowledge. Discusses the importance of balancing our learning systems with right-brain, or intuitive, knowledge; how outdoor and experiential learning can help foster this balance; and the role of the instructor as facilitator rather than teacher.…

Discusses the arduous task of casting and directing untrained middle and secondary school actors in terms of auditioning, getting started, planning for the first meeting, focusing on the obvious, rehearsing, learning the lines, becoming the character, running work-through rehearsals, and doing run-throughs and performances. Notes not to forget to…

Reviews Spectrum research completed over the past 30 years in light of the development and refinement of the Spectrum of Teaching Styles. The studies are organized around the early 1970s-early 1980s and the mid-1980s to the present in order to exemplify the link between the development of Spectrum research and the evolution of the Spectrum of…

Survey of 21 award-winning rural Minnesota teachers used the Gregorc Style Delineator to determine cognitive and conceptual styles and collected data on demographic characteristics; classroom planning, organization, instruction, management, and assessment practices; teacher opinions about their own recognition for teaching excellence; and…

Describes the Russell Scholars Learning Community Laboratory at the University of Southern Maine and identifies elements of this curricular piece that would be useful to those who intend to develop similar programs on their campuses. The objective of the Lab is for students to acquire life-skills through exposure to non-traditional learning and…

Using the story of George Orwell's experience with imperialism in Burma from the essay "Shooting the Elephant," one English-as-a-Second-Language teacher confronts her desire to "stand over" students in the language learning classroom as they try to negotiate meaning in English. (Author/VWL)

Reports on a study in which three volunteer teachers helped design and then taught an experimental program of introductory differential calculus in which students had full access to calculators with a computer algebra system (CAS) in the classroom, at home, and during tests. Test scores indicated that the classes had learned similar amounts of…

Explores how psychology instructors address diversity issues in the classroom through a survey of American Psychology Association's Division 2 members. Reveals that respondents generally acknowledged the importance of discussing diversity topics; also finds that 27% reported that diversity is not relevant and only 15% had taught any of the listed…

In this study, we investigated the use of humor in college classrooms. We examined how students perceived professors' uses of various types of humor during class and the types of humor that students and faculty recommend for use in class. We also correlated the way professors incorporated humor into their class lectures with their perceived…