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Bruce Robbins

2012

Teaching

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Growing Into Leadership: Profiles From A "Good" Department, Bruce Robbins, Driek Zirinsky Feb 2012

Growing Into Leadership: Profiles From A "Good" Department, Bruce Robbins, Driek Zirinsky

Bruce Robbins

The veteran teacher is often a leader in the English language arts department and mentor to the younger teachers. One such department and its teachers are profiled.


Foregrounding The Background, Bruce Robbins Feb 2012

Foregrounding The Background, Bruce Robbins

Bruce Robbins

Robbins discusses how to better prepare students for reading the classics. Rather than providing a lengthy introduction into the history of the time period, teachers should simply raise an interesting question about the time period or unfamiliar elements in the story to pique the student's interest.