Describes how one English teacher used Thomas Bell's "Out of This Furnace" to motivate student interest and writing in a freshman composition class. (HB)

Describes a class activity designed to play up the blurred boundary between fiction and nonfiction. Notes that students filled out Internal Revenue Service tax forms for people who might exist and that other students created biographies and autobiographies from the fictitious tax forms. (RS)

Describes the role of writing fiction as a mode of inquiry into work experience. Contends that the writing of stories is a way of learning about one's experiences. Proposes a cross-professional group to explore putting into practice such modes of inquiry. (DB)

Describes how one English teacher developed an approach to teaching personal writing which juxtaposed the refined power of literary stories against the raw power of students' personal and sometimes tragic stories. Encourages English teachers to relate literary works to real, everyday life. (HB)

Describes how narrative fiction can help prepare school leaders by involving imagination and aesthetic experience. The article examines the research-narrative link, the teaching-learning process, and the use of novels to explore administrative and social issues such as race, class, gender, language, experience, symbolic order, professions, and…

Author Madeleine L'Engle answers questions about her career and work. Highlights include getting rejected and published, balancing work and family, developing characters, planning sequels and prequels, using real people in fiction, appreciating grandparents, redeeming villains, choosing point of view, writing style, addressing religion and…

Discusses the importance of imagination and the power of stories. Draws on insights gained from visits with children growing up in difficult environments, and shares examples from the author's own works written for young adults. (AEF)

Introduces a way for teachers to capture the interest of elementary students using fictional literature in social studies instruction. Argues that, by helping students learn the importance of history, they tend to pay better attention. Suggests that the use of historical fiction helps students become better critical readers and thinkers. (DSK)

Discusses Mindy Faber's autobiographical video as an allegory of contradictory interpretations of female hysteria as both a theater of femininity and feminist revolt. Provides an analysis of the resonance between student responses to "Delirium" (her auto/biographical video about her mother's long battle with mental illness) and…

Presents short descriptions of six "curious places" in children's books and films. Describes sample creative class activities for younger and middle grade children to engage in after listening to selected stories. Activities include creating drawings, stories, flip books, and picture books; role-playing; and developing an imaginary town.…

Suggests that management education should explore accommodation of individual expression and interpretation within a flexible and open teaching framework. Analysis of fiction may support a management education that questions its own content and context. Argues that management educators must employ a bold approach to literary criticism if use of…

At least 50 colleges offer courses on hypertext fiction, a genre in which readers click on key words to follow various narrative threads according to individual interests and instincts, rather than following a single, predetermined sequence of passages. Supporters are surprised at how slowly the genre has caught on; critics see signs of trendy…

Focuses on the role of fiction in the education of information literate students. Identifies Australian picture books that illustrate how fiction and nonfiction may merge into each other and how fiction may portray truth. Discusses examples of the history curriculum in South Australia early in the 20th century to show how imperial myth was used to…

An important ethical task is for the college faculty member to handle the teacher-student relationship well outside the classroom. May Sarton's novel "The Small Room" depicts both success and failure. The teacher should always act as a friend, seeking the good of the student for the student's own sake and recognizing this as a unique…

Presents an annotated list of recently published books, in English, for children and teenagers, that reflect on the Puerto Rican and broader Latino experience. Recommended works for intermediate readers include folktales, country studies, and a sports biography. A critique is provided for each entry discussing its value, or problems, for both…