Describes teacher inquiry in the University of Georgia's National Reading Research Center's School Research Consortium (SRC). Discusses reasons to formalize the teaching and reflecting process by conducting research, how SRC members are becoming researchers, and what impact SRC research is having. (SR)

Adult learning is problem centered, and adults are motivated by personal growth. Curriculum design should promote information integration, account for learning style differences, and include transfer strategies. Facilitators should offer a safe, comfortable environment, and exercises should have fidelity. (SK)

The story of an encounter between a male student and a female instructor illustrates the subtle but powerful interaction between gender and individual development in adult education. Productive instructor responses include taking a nondefensive stance, using a repertoire of techniques, practicing self-management, focusing on learning, and…

Teachers' monologic scripts potentially stifle dialogue and reflect dominant cultural values; students' counterscripts are formed by those who do not conform to "appropriate" participation. A third space where scripts intersect creates potential for authentic interaction and a shift in what counts as knowledge. (SK)

Examines gendered aspects of literacy in two bilingual primary classrooms in a working-class Latino community. Centers on values that are associated with literacy in each room and the gendering of those values through specific classroom practices, with attention to gendered aspects of literacy tasks, texts that were written and read, and the talk…

Finds, contrary to previous research on teacher nonverbal immediacy, that the variable has an inverted-U curvilinear relationship with cognitive, affective, and behavioral learning--in other words, moderately high teacher immediacy is more effective in helping students learn than either excessively high or low immediacy. (SR)

Tests two models (the Motivation Model and the Learning Model) of the immediacy-learning relationship using path analysis. Uses Keller's Model of Motivation to explain the results, finding that teacher nonverbal and verbal immediacy enhances student motivation, presumably by impacting attention, relevance, confidence, and satisfaction. (SR)

Reminisces about a teacher's roles as a camp counselor and a secondary school teacher, and the formalities and customs that separate and connect the two. Wrestles with the question of how much of the informal camp counselor he needs to let go while in the school environment. (TB)

Discusses the pedagogical implications of "reflective teaching," which include a respect for teachers' ongoing professional growth (beyond learning more "things to do"), a mutually beneficial dialogue between elements of theory and practice, and a potential for more critically deliberative classroom practices. (SR)

Surveys elementary teachers regarding their literacy programs. Finds more literature and fewer basal materials; heavy use of fiction books; and limited use of poetry, folk tales, and picture books. Provides commentary on survey results from a middle school teacher. Suggests the need for in-depth dialog among teachers to develop a shared vision of…

Proposes that writing teachers and administrators think, first, in terms of the truly political realities--the situated interconnections of interests, accidents, luck, and consequences--that constrain our abilities to realize utopian goals and, second, in terms of ethical constraints to which they are willing to be bound by. (RS)

Describes how the "Facing History" social studies curriculum (which moves students from literary and historical examples of genocide back to present-day experiences of intolerance and racism) is taught in an English class at South Boston High School. Describes various activities undertaken in the class related to this curriculum.…

Observation of 20 teachers from mainstreamed preschool programs found that teachers engaged in many roles (including instructor, monitor, coplayer, entertainer, observer, behavior manager, materials manager, caregiver, and unavailable) and switched roles frequently. A model is proposed for assessing teachers' roles when planning how to embed…

A systematic approach to preparation of successful college lectures is outlined, including four stages: anticipation (of content and expectations); preparation (selection, acquisition, design, and construction); execution (attention to speech habits, demeanor, and body language); and support (evaluation, maintenance, and enhancement). (MSE)

Suggests ways that the classroom teacher can convey to students through learning experiences their role as readers. (RS)