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Return To English, Rowan Cahill Oct 1993

Return To English, Rowan Cahill

Rowan Cahill

Autobiographical: A burnt-out teacher gives teaching away after fifteen years in the classroom to pursue a personal agenda--writing, income generation independent of the classroom, and rediscovering life. But after three years he returned to teaching. The article explores why he left, and why he returned.


Volume 07, Number 01, Don Forrester Editor Oct 1993

Volume 07, Number 01, Don Forrester Editor

Reaching Through Teaching

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Volume 06, Number 03, Don Forrester Editor May 1993

Volume 06, Number 03, Don Forrester Editor

Reaching Through Teaching

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Volume 06, Number 02, Don Forrester Editor Feb 1993

Volume 06, Number 02, Don Forrester Editor

Reaching Through Teaching

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G93-1190 Positive Approach To Discipline, Patricia E. Steffens Jan 1993

G93-1190 Positive Approach To Discipline, Patricia E. Steffens

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Disipline is not the same as punishment. Disipline is not what you do to the child, but what you do with and for the child.

There is no magic formula that will answer all disciplinary questions. Nor is there one perfect way to discipline. No method is going to work with every child or in every situation. What we can do is to commit ourselves to a positive approach in our discipline...one that includes respect, clearly defined expectations, setting limits, and using reasonable consequences.

A positive approach to discipline helps adults and children work together rather than against each other. …


The Revolutions In Knowledge And Literary Theory: Their Impact On English Classrooms, Nancy Topping Bazin Jan 1993

The Revolutions In Knowledge And Literary Theory: Their Impact On English Classrooms, Nancy Topping Bazin

English Faculty Publications

Since teachers, scholars, and scientists began in recent decades to study people who were previously marginalized or totally ignored, revolutions have occurred in knowledge and in literary theories and criticism. An increasing number of literature teachers acknowledge that they cannot ignore these significant changes. Indeed, they recognize that because of multicultural and global awareness, new questions are constantly being asked, new kinds of research are being done, and new approaches are being t:iken to subject matter.