Describes students' experiences in examining different theatrical interpretations of the same work. Discusses how comparing different videos of the same script can demonstrate how there is often more than one way to solve a production problem. Considers teaching experiences involved in studying different theatrical presentations on video. (SC)

Examines the value of reflection as a meaningful way of approaching learning about teaching in order to develop a better understanding of teaching and teacher education. The article explains that an appropriate focus on experience in teacher education can be influential in developing effective reflective practice and that effective reflective…

Stand still and look until you really see. These simple, but provocative, words were the theme of a 30-year-old environmental education program called the Environmental Studies Project. Funded by the National Science Foundation, the project was headed by an innovative educator, Bob Samples. Over the last three decades or so, these simple words…

When asked by a student in a seminar recently if he could remember a perfect day teaching elementary school, the author writes memories of one he distinctly remembers because he gained new insight into teaching on that particular day. After returning to work following the devastating loss of a younger 19 year-old brother in a car crash, he resumed…

This article evaluates the "Report of the National Reading Panel: Teaching Children to Read: An Evidence-Based Assessment of the Scientific Research Literature on Reading and Its Implications for Reading Instruction: Reports of the Subgroups" (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 2000). The author also examines the…

This article describes one unconventional elementary school teacher's frustrations with colleagues doubting her competence, intelligence, and sense of purpose as a teacher. In her classroom, she never used textbooks or had a teacher's desk. There were no contests, gold stars, or redbird reading groups. There were no school-supply decorations,…

This article is based on empirical research carried out in Sweden during the years 2000 and 2004. The study concerns five music teachers who teach at upper secondary school and the main aim was to acquire an understanding of the teachers' views of the core subject Music. A further aim was to describe the five teachers' personal experiences of…

Novice prison teachers experience confusion and disorientation--culture shock--when they go to teach in prison because teaching and prison cultures collide. The stages of acculturation associated with culture shock are predictable and so are the identities and experiences of teachers who are positioned by the cultural dynamics of prison teaching.…

This paper addresses the varied and often contradictory emotions that accompany living with multiple disabilities. The author incorporates his personal experiences (e.g., as a middle school teacher, as a doctoral student, and as a researcher) with disability as he attempts to reflect upon his perceptions of the world as a disabled individual. In…

The word "rural" does not have the same meaning everywhere. A teacher's experience regarding the lessons learned about her students' knowledge of place and culture and the way in which she uses her understanding to teach more effectively is presented.

Cliff St. Clair is the band director at Sheldon High School in Sheldom Iowa. In this article he describes an incident that occurred his first year of teaching. He was hired for a part-time band position. On the days that he was not under contract, he substitute-taught in a number of nearby schools. He was called to take a junior high choir that…

Teachers' ways of knowing tend to be understood through academic ways of thinking and writing. This article sets out to take a closer look at the way seven school teachers understand and describe how they know, reflect, and act in the midst of teaching. In particular, through the combined voices of these teachers I aim to take a closer look at the…

Recently the authors visited Poland for a few days. The purpose of their visit was to talk to some Polish teachers about using interactive whiteboards (IWBs) in the teaching of mathematics. They ran a workshop for primary teachers and secondary teachers and they found that these teachers were quite responsive in working with the mathematics…

Implementation of the curriculum-centered, standards-based federally mandated reform, No Child Left Behind, has placed pressure on teachers, particularly those working in schools comprised of highly diverse and impoverished students, to have their students attain predetermined levels on high stakes, standardized tests. When schools have not met…

This qualitative study, initiated by the Canadian Teachers' Federation and its Advisory Committee on Aboriginal Education, explored the professional knowledge and experiences of Aboriginal (First Nations, Mets and Inuit) teachers. The rationale for the study was to address the urgent need to improve and promote Aboriginal education in public…