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Front Matter, Alice G. Brand (Editor)
Front Matter, Alice G. Brand (Editor)
The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
Editor's Message
Many of us come out of formal and advanced training in writing. We are at home with the humanities: philosophy, drama, the arts, aesthetics. We connect easily to both the teaching of literature and to literary exegesis. Ideas about literacy come easily to us.
We need to be aware of work being done in the field outside our focus in writing, literature, and language. Connections need to be made between us and other members of our cultural tapestry. Every once in a while someone tells me about the name of a book, an organization, or a journal that …
Jaepl, Vol. 2, Winter 1996-1997, Alice G. Brand (Editor)
Jaepl, Vol. 2, Winter 1996-1997, Alice G. Brand (Editor)
The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
Essays
Jean Trounstine. Sacred Spaces. Drama in the prison classroom teaches that transgression can enhance spirituality.
Irene Papoulis. Spirituality and Composition: One Teacher's Thoughts. The author explores her ambivalence about combining her interest in spirituality and her composition teaching.
George Kalamaras. Meditative Silence and Reciprocity: The Dialogic Implications for 'Spiritual Sites of Composing. Recent studies of silence must focus on the dialogical nature of Eastern meditation, examining the values of meditative awareness and social theories of reciprocity.
Christopher Ferry. When the Distressed Teach the Oppressed: Toward an Understanding of Communion and Commitment. Jane Tompkins' adaptation of Paulo Freire's educational philosophy …
Transcending Gender: Toward A New Awareness Of The Fluid Self In Writing, Jack Ramey
Transcending Gender: Toward A New Awareness Of The Fluid Self In Writing, Jack Ramey
The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
The constructs of the male and female in the gendered self are not binary opposites but interlocking halves of an inseparable whole.
Re-Visioning Psychology In The Writing Class, Dennis Young
Re-Visioning Psychology In The Writing Class, Dennis Young
The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
With its emphasis on soul-work and the imaginal frames of psyche, archetypal psychology helps teachers more fully interpret the motivations and intricacies of writing and learning.
Break Point: The Challenges Of Teaching Multicultural Education Courses, Arlette Ingram Willis, Shuaib J. Meacham
Break Point: The Challenges Of Teaching Multicultural Education Courses, Arlette Ingram Willis, Shuaib J. Meacham
The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
Teaching multicultural education courses to preservice teachers exacts an emotional toll as they begin to acknowledge their ethnic awareness.