Discusses a number of ways teachers can educate students toward being more responsible. (SR)

Discusses five reasons why so many teachers teach badly. Offers examples of poor teaching. Suggests that good teachers are primarily translators who communicate basic principles to those who know little or nothing of the subject. (SR)

Using a story of horse training versus horse breaking and referring to Monty Roberts (the "horse whisperer"), this editorial draws three lessons: (1) resist the temptation to act out of fear and mistrust toward children; (2) focus on relationship building, allying with children rather than controlling them; and (3) recognize and admire those who…

Surveys teachers nationwide to determine their level of commitment as readers, as well as to establish their use of recommended literacy instructional practices. Finds a significant linear relationship between teachers who read personally and their use of recommended literacy practices in their classrooms; and significant results regarding…

Examines 19 preservice teachers' perceptions of themselves as readers. Finds that students with negative views of themselves as readers worked diligently to facilitate student engagement with text, while some of the self-proclaimed avid readers took a more traditional text-based approach to literature discussions. (SR)

Describes a study that analyzed the written grading policies used by teachers from a Midwestern high school to determine to what extent they matched grading practices generally recommended by assessment specialists. Supporting past findings, results showed that teachers' grading practices substantially departed from recommended practice. Contains…

The brain needs energy, oxygen, and water to operate. Access to the bathroom pass can become a major conflict between teachers and students and has great potential for disrupting classes. The classroom can be humanized by granting more bathroom passes and allowing water bottles. (MLH)

Argues that explicit instruction is not a characteristic of teaching practices as much as an aspect of the negotiated space between teaching and learning. Describes how three teaching strategies that shift focus from teachers' explicit telling to learners' explicit thinking (demonstration, assisted performance, and reflective description) make…

Asserts that theories of caring in education have avoided issues of racial imbalance. Reinterprets these themes from a black feminist perspective: moral relevance, primacy of survival, significance of one's standpoint, and the moral power of narrative. (SK)

Suggests that, when reviewed in controlled settings with experienced consultants, videotapes provide unique opportunities for instructor insight, feedback, and reflection. Discusses advantages of using videotape to talk about teaching, how such videotaping is done, and the risks of such videotaping. (RS)

Describes tensions of teaching and effects they might have on experiences of the classroom. Values, knowledge, time, audience, rewards, standards, evaluations, privacy, and the situation of teaching are some of the elements among these tensions. Suggestions are made for behaviors teachers can bring to the classroom that explore and use tensions to…

In a case involving a somewhat sarcastic elementary teacher, a Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court reversed the state commissioner of education's affirmation of her dismissal based on persistent negligence. Results of teachers' alleged verbal abuse of students depends on the nature of the claim, not just specific evidence. (MLH)

Compared the perceptions of students athletic trainers and their clinical instructors regarding helpful clinical instructor characteristics. Surveys of undergraduate students and instructors indicated that both groups considered modeling professional behavior the most helpful category of clinical instructor characteristics in student learning.…

Examines the relationship between college student perceptions of teacher immediacy and student ratings of instruction. Notes that 266 students responded to instruments designed to measure the frequency of teachers' verbal and nonverbal immediacy behaviors. Finds positive correlation between immediacy and student ratings of instruction. Discusses…

Focuses on how teachers serve as ethical role models to students and how their day-to-day interactions both inside and outside the classroom communicate their moral values as much as the formal curriculum that they teach. Dramatizes the importance of paying close attention to the way we treat others in a variety of non-classroom settings and…