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Editorial Introduction, Gordon Wells
Editorial Introduction, Gordon Wells
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
This issue of Networks is the last in a year that has seen a tightening of constraints, both political and educational, in response to the increasing violence that has characterized relationships between nations, cultures, religions and economic classes. In education, in almost all the richer countries, there has been a tighter focus on "basic skills" and the memorization of an increasingly large body of "core knowledge", assessed through standardized tests, and a concomitant narrowing of the opportunities for student initiative, choice, and sustained investigation of questions and issues that they find personally significant. Teachers feel harried and hurried, with little …
The Definition Of Enlightenment - Lighten Up: My Use Of Humor In Social Work Education And Practice, Rich Furman
The Definition Of Enlightenment - Lighten Up: My Use Of Humor In Social Work Education And Practice, Rich Furman
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
In this narrative, I discuss how humor has become a central "tool" of my practice as a social work educator and social worker. I describe how I use humor as a conscious means of achieving student learning. In a very real sense, calling humor a tool is a misnomer as it is a central feature of my personality. Each of us possesses certain personality characteristics that, if nurtured and cherished, can become powerful allies in the processes of teaching and helping.
Learning From Others: Literacy Perspectives Of Middle-School English Teachers, Cynthia A. Lassonde
Learning From Others: Literacy Perspectives Of Middle-School English Teachers, Cynthia A. Lassonde
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
At the center of this interview-based study, middle-school English teachers talk and write about their literacy development, their teaching philosophies, and their curriculum, as they reflect upon their teaching. Portraits of their perspectives of literacy emerge. Using these portraits to reflect upon teaching practices, the author suggests we can effectively examine our own educational philosophies, contributing to our efforts to become increasingly competent educators.
Table Of Contents And Editorial Information For Vol. 30, No. 1, Fall 2002, Marilyn A. Hirth
Table Of Contents And Editorial Information For Vol. 30, No. 1, Fall 2002, Marilyn A. Hirth
Educational Considerations
Table of contents and editorial information for Vol. 30, no. 1, Fall 2002
Critical Issues In Higher Education Finance And Policy: Historical, Social, And Institutional Perspectives, Marilyn A. Hirth
Critical Issues In Higher Education Finance And Policy: Historical, Social, And Institutional Perspectives, Marilyn A. Hirth
Educational Considerations
This special issue of Educational Considerations is focused on higher education, with particular emphasis on finance and policy issues.
Challenges Confronting Small, Private Liberal Arts Colleges: The Historic Context, Stephen P. Wanger
Challenges Confronting Small, Private Liberal Arts Colleges: The Historic Context, Stephen P. Wanger
Educational Considerations
The history of American higher education is a story of adaptation and change. Since the founding of Harvard College in 1636, higher education in the American colonies and the republic has responded to a multitude of challenges and pressures.
The Influence Of Aid And Income On Persistence At A Small Private College, Charles N. Landreth, Robert O. Riggs
The Influence Of Aid And Income On Persistence At A Small Private College, Charles N. Landreth, Robert O. Riggs
Educational Considerations
In the 1990s, many private institutions gave up the practice of making need-blind admission decisions and stopped aiding students to the full extent of their need.
Renewing Higher Education's Social Contracts: Transparency Out Of Chaos, David W. Leslie
Renewing Higher Education's Social Contracts: Transparency Out Of Chaos, David W. Leslie
Educational Considerations
A contract is an agreement between two or more parties. It takes a meeting of the minds and mutual concurrence on terms before a “contract” exists in legal terms.
Long-Term Debt At Public Four-Year Colleges And Universities, Michael Stump
Long-Term Debt At Public Four-Year Colleges And Universities, Michael Stump
Educational Considerations
Revenues, expenditures, debt, and endowments are the basic components of finance in public, four-year higher education institutions. Revenues and expenditures measure short-term institutional financial health while debt and endowments address the long-term. Most measures and analyses of financial performance involve these components.
College And University Long-Term Financing In Context: Implications For Institutional Strategy, James A. Shultz
College And University Long-Term Financing In Context: Implications For Institutional Strategy, James A. Shultz
Educational Considerations
The American college and university is a sophisticated, complex, challenging business operation. Typically it engages in varied lines of business serving multiple markets.
The Human Resources Function In Education: 2010, Scott Norton
The Human Resources Function In Education: 2010, Scott Norton
Educational Considerations
The foregoing statement was asserted by Tead and Metcalf over 80 years ago in their text, Personnel Administration, one of the very first completed works in the field of personnel administration.
Educational Considerations, Vol. 30 (1) Full Issue, Marilyn A. Hirth
Educational Considerations, Vol. 30 (1) Full Issue, Marilyn A. Hirth
Educational Considerations
Educational Considerations, vol. 30 (1) Fall 2002 - Full issue
Preservice Elementary Teachers' Perceptions After Visiting An Interactive Science Center, David H. Palmer
Preservice Elementary Teachers' Perceptions After Visiting An Interactive Science Center, David H. Palmer
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
This paper reports an action research study involving preservice elementary teachers enrolled in a college science methods course (ie. the course focussed on how to teach science at elementary school). There was an interactive science center nearby which many local elementary classes regularly visited, so I decided to set my students the task of visiting the center and reporting on it. However, I was unsure as to what outcomes the students would gain from the experience. I therefore asked the students to each write a short passage explaining what they had learnt from the experience. According to their responses, the …
Teacher Research: Learning To Listen, Jennifer Moore
Teacher Research: Learning To Listen, Jennifer Moore
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
When friends from out of town visit, I often take them jogging around my hometown. I have routes I have run hundreds of times; they are so familiar, I run as if on automatic pilot. I seem to forget, though, that my guest has no idea that this is where I turn left, and that is the place where I cross the street to run on the other side. On more than one occasion, I have nudged a friend off the sidewalk or run right into them in my single-minded routine. I forget to ask questions, to explain, to direct, …
My Introspective Time Capsule, Michele Stafford-Levy
My Introspective Time Capsule, Michele Stafford-Levy
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
This study takes place in the southwestern part of the United States on the Mexican-American border and is a narrative about a teacher's journey of self-discovery about her own teaching practices through reflection. Dr. Myriam Torres (New Mexico State University) and Michele Stafford-Levy ventured into the typical professor-student relationship. The professor guided her graduate student through a journey of self-discovery and how to document the process of self-reflection and action in her own classroom. By sharing these events from her professional life through autobiography, the student strives to serve as a model for both pre-service and in-service teachers to reflect, …
"You Don't Need To Time It, You Just Need To See It": Racing In Children's Science, Richard Frazier
"You Don't Need To Time It, You Just Need To See It": Racing In Children's Science, Richard Frazier
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
The work I present here arose from a number of biases, several of which are described [in the introduction]. Prominent among the biases is extensive experience of teaching science with an averred emphasis on activity and inquiry. Along with the perspective of practitioner is the belief that children's ideas in science are worthy of scrutiny. Fascination with the research into children's conceptions and practices was tempered, however, by puzzlement over the actions teachers ought to take. Reflections on the gap between children's science and standard science came while straddling the gap between my perspective as a teacher of children and …
Guest Editor's Introduction: Practitioners Of Action Research In International Educational Settings, David Alan Sapp
Guest Editor's Introduction: Practitioners Of Action Research In International Educational Settings, David Alan Sapp
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
This special issue of Networks focuses on "Action Research in International (non-North American) Educational Settings" and brings together work by practitioners from several educational settings such as Spain, Turkey, Bulgaria, and Hawaii. In these articles, the authors explore the challenges, experiences, and promises of increased globalization in education. This work includes case studies focusing on specific teaching experiences as well as critical descriptions of the lives and values of action researchers in international contexts.
Change In Action: From Reading To Surfing, Ruth Breeze
Change In Action: From Reading To Surfing, Ruth Breeze
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
This article describes the development of a course in English language for undergraduate students of journalism in Spain. The course was shaped by an initial cycle of action research, but it was subsequently remodelled through a further research cycle in order to cater for changing students in a changing world. It is envisaged that this course may undergo many further cycles of change, which is healthy for the institution, teachers, and students alike. The action research paradigm provides a useful framework within which change can be processed and growth fostered. The project described here is of interest in that it …
Creating A Volunteer Esl Program In Madrid: Action Research For Program Design And Service Learning, Anne Mccabe, Therese Gleason, Tom Hare
Creating A Volunteer Esl Program In Madrid: Action Research For Program Design And Service Learning, Anne Mccabe, Therese Gleason, Tom Hare
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
One of the challenges of accommodating North American students in study abroad programs is providing opportunities for volunteerism, a given in North American culture but not in Spain. Thus, Saint Louis University's Madrid campus began a program during the Fall semester 2001 in which fluent speakers of English volunteer to teach the English language to members of the Madrid community, who attend classes free of charge. We-Anne as faculty advisor, Therese as program coordinator, and Tom as the first volunteer teacher-had very little idea of how the program would unfold, since we did not know what kind of response it …
Implementing Learner Training: A Case Study, Linda Bawcom
Implementing Learner Training: A Case Study, Linda Bawcom
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
In a learning environment where there are varying levels of proficiency, and knowing that I do not have enough class time to assist the very low level students as much as they need, I hope to present them with skills necessary to take responsibility for the management of their own learning (see Hill 1994; Oxford 1990; Clark 1987). I argue that the implementation of learner training, in addition to giving students choice, enables them to solve some of their own problems (see Allright 1990; Yalden 1987). Thus, along the lines suggested by Cohen and Manion (1985: 220-21) with regard to …
Turkish Student Teachers' Early Experiences In Schools: Critical Incidents, Reflection, And A New Teacher Education Program, Dannelle D. Stevens, Serap Sarigul, Hulya Deger
Turkish Student Teachers' Early Experiences In Schools: Critical Incidents, Reflection, And A New Teacher Education Program, Dannelle D. Stevens, Serap Sarigul, Hulya Deger
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
The primary purpose of this article is to report how Turkish student teachers identify and reflect on the "critical incidents" of schooling that they bring as they enter a new teacher education program. "Critical incidents" are descriptions of incidents in one's past that are viewed as significant in one's learning and development (see Brookfield, 1998; Obara, 1993). The secondary purpose of this article is to analyze these incidents to inform the first author's teaching and field supervision.
Effective Inclusion Program Suggestions From Around The World, David Aloyzy Zera
Effective Inclusion Program Suggestions From Around The World, David Aloyzy Zera
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
Reflection, inquiry, and action are interrelated in teacher research because teachers act as thinkers, learners, and practitioners throughout their studies (Patterson & Shannon, 1993, p. 10). Some facets of action inquiry may be more intensely implemented than others (e.g., reflection over inquiry, inquiry over action, etc.), but the fact remains that at some point in the process, all facets are explored in some fashion. The purposes of these facets are to foster dialogue and open avenues of thought that may effect positive change in naturalistic settings. Rather than being outside the system, it is important for professionals who interact within …
Teaching Non-Western Students About Western Culture: Western Values Considered Within A Global Context, Adrienne Cochran
Teaching Non-Western Students About Western Culture: Western Values Considered Within A Global Context, Adrienne Cochran
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
Are we gonna live together - together are we gonna live? (Lee, 1989) These are the words spoken by radio DJ Mister Señor Love Daddy at the end of Spike Lee's film, Do the Right Thing. The previous night the police had brutally killed an African-American, which in turn, led to the looting and destruction of the neighborhood pizzeria. This film is rife with the tensions of several ethnic groups living together in close proximity. A few events of the past two years have given me a deeper understanding of the DJ's words.
Germain, Martha Hawkes. Worldly Teachers: Cultural Learning And Pedagogy., Robbin D. Crabtree
Germain, Martha Hawkes. Worldly Teachers: Cultural Learning And Pedagogy., Robbin D. Crabtree
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
When I first picked up Worldly Teachers, I had just finished teaching a summer course in a MA-TESOL program in southern Brazil, and had just begun a year of teaching undergraduate courses in Communication and Media Studies in Madrid, Spain. Not surprisingly, I found the book fascinating and useful. Martha Hawkes Germain writes about six veteran U.S. teachers who have studied about, taught, and lived abroad, arguing that intensive international experience profoundly affects a teacher's life and work. She includes reflections about culture shock, friendships across borders, fundamental personal transformation, pedagogical issues, and school reform. It is a valuable book …
Table Of Contents And Editorial Information For Vol. 29, No. 2, Spring 2002, Chad Litz
Table Of Contents And Editorial Information For Vol. 29, No. 2, Spring 2002, Chad Litz
Educational Considerations
Table of contents and editorial information for Vol. 29, no. 2, Spring 2002
Vertical Equity, Adequacy And Wisconsin School Finance Policy, Deborah A. Verstegen
Vertical Equity, Adequacy And Wisconsin School Finance Policy, Deborah A. Verstegen
Educational Considerations
The Wisconsin Constitution, adopted in 1848, provides that “The legislature shall provide by law for the establishment of district schools, which shall be as nearly as uniform as practicable.” For over 150 years the legislature has grappled with the question of how to achieve this mandate, particularly as social, economic and demographic changes have conditioned concepts of what is “as nearly as uniform as practicable..."
Teacher Leaders In Professional Development Schools, Saundra L. Wetig
Teacher Leaders In Professional Development Schools, Saundra L. Wetig
Educational Considerations
Professional Development Schools (PDSs), first proposed by the Holmes Group in 1986, have been seen as a potentially promising approach to improving the currency of university faculty, the relevancy of pre-service teachers’ experiences, and the involvement of practicing teachers in teaching and learning conversations of inquiry.
Educational Considerations, Vol. 29 (2) Full Issue, Chad Litz
Educational Considerations, Vol. 29 (2) Full Issue, Chad Litz
Educational Considerations
Educational Considerations, vol. 29 (2) Spring 2002 - Full issue
A Study Of Nontraditional Teacher Certification In The Midwest, Phyllis K. Adcock
A Study Of Nontraditional Teacher Certification In The Midwest, Phyllis K. Adcock
Educational Considerations
In the next 10 years, there will be a need to hire over two million teachers, due to increases in K-12 enrollment, retiring teachers, and attrition of new teachers.
Action Research In International Educational Settings: Bridging The Gap At The American University Of Bulgaria, Mari Firkatian, Sandy Feinstein
Action Research In International Educational Settings: Bridging The Gap At The American University Of Bulgaria, Mari Firkatian, Sandy Feinstein
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
As articulated by Yolanda Wadsworth, our use of the word "research" would be a misnomer (Wadsworth, 1998). After all, this article does not even involve what might pass for qualitative research, nor is it intended to serve as an example of research. Rather, it describes an incipient phase of research: observation and description. We are sharing our hypothesis, though our fieldwork is not systematic; we are offering a retrospective, partly impressionistic glance at an experience in an attempt to prepare for future comparative research as well as the developing of pedagogies based on experience. While not adhering to a scientific …