Describes how a Title 1 lead teacher used the "hypothesis-test" approach with Joshua, a fifth-grade student from a "ravaged background" who was about two years behind in academic performance. Shows how, pursuing his inquiry, Joshua eventually became a strategic reader and a confident engaged learner. Notes that Joshua's turning point was also the…

Presents the response of five Reading Recovery teachers to an article in the same issue of this journal by Bonnie L. Barnes critiquing Reading Recovery. Offers Barnes' answer to their response. (SR)

Discussion of the successful adoption and use of information technology in education focuses on teacher's personal philosophical beliefs and how they influence the successful integration of technology. Highlights include beliefs and teacher behavior; changing teachers' beliefs; and using technology to affect change in teachers' visions and…

Examines the emerging concept of teacher as leader in the classroom, and offers a useful framework for practice. Finds that to exercise situational leadership in the classroom, teachers vary supportive behavior and directive behavior in response to four levels of student task development: telling, consulting, participating, and delegating. (SD)

An experimental group studied Macbeth in an independent, constructivist setting using multimedia; the control group studied traditionally. Eleven of 23 experimental students and 2 of 21 in the traditional class failed. In an experiment with Hamlet, the results were reversed. Students were most successful when the teacher was actively involved,…

Investigates the mentoring relationship the author established with students, and determines how her experiences and the mentoring she received from her professors influenced her mentoring practices with her own graduate students. Confirms the dynamic nature of the mentoring process, and notes how her mentors influenced her practices but also…

Discusses how to motivate teachers to read. Proposes that teachers who exhibit the characteristics of engaged readers will help create students who exhibit the same characteristics. Suggests that in order to engage teachers in reading, teachers' social interaction with books and teachers' access to books should increase; existing practices should…

Focusing on the high failure rate among first-year learners, particularly at black universities, explored student perceptions of their studies. Found that for these students, learner preparation was a non-significant, while lecture style was a significant, influence on their perceptions of university studies. Recommends that students be taught to…

Analyzes the participation of secondary school teachers in a U.S. science education curriculum reform effort. Discusses perspectives for the behavior of these teachers relying on knowledge base, practical reasoning and reflective practice, sociocultural views, and a view of teaching as a way of being and teachers as meaning makers. Analyzes two…

Shares the history of a court case in which students are required to announce grades aloud. Suggests that a professional responsibility of teachers is to build trust between those who hold power and those who do not. Contends that peer grading can serve other roles, such as an opportunity where students can feel comfortable learning from their…

Suggests modeling of thought processes with expository text structure as one method of promoting strategic reading with students. Explains that modeling involves explaining the kinds of strategies used and the reasoning involved in the process of making sense of text. (MG)

Critiques arguments supporting the existence of pedagogical ethics in pedagogical practice. Contends that existing pedagogical ethics are irrelevant to pedagogical practice. Examines the results of moral argumentation, the dilemmas of moral acting, and the consequences of these for the pedagogical system. Proposes an alternative theoretical…

Responsible administrators are obligated to confront poor teacher performance. Guides principals through 12 steps to take in the confrontation process that include the following: gathering information, waiting for a specific incident, developing a file, meeting with the teacher, helping the teacher to improve, and working with the teacher union.…

A survey of 197 regular education teachers who had students with mild handicaps in their classrooms gathered data about structural arrangements, adapted instruction, use of adult aides, and size of groups. Results showed little indication that teachers change their instructional methods for such students. (JDD)

Describes the metaphors three student teachers use to describe their own teaching styles. Combines these metaphors into a "student-teacher" metaphor which preserves the complexity of teaching and suggests that teachers are guides and referees as well as learners and friends. (RS)