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On Becoming A Greek Poet, Charles Hartman

English Faculty Publications

Presents the essay `On Becoming a Greek Poet,' which deals with experiences in teaching poetry in Athens, Greece.

The Wisdom Of Youth, Thomas Knestrict Ed. D.

Electronic Journal for Inclusive Education

A poem written by Tom Knestrict (Turtlesongs 1994).

A Poetry Curriculum For Primary Teachers, Janice M. Matheny

All Graduate Projects

This project examined the role of poetry in language development and literacy acquisition in children. The review of current literature strongly supported the rationale for providing poetry experiences beginning at an early age and continuing on through the first few years of school. All stages of language development benefit from exposure to rhythm and rhyme. Poetry can be there to bridge the gap as young children speak their first words, read their first book and write their first sentence. Included is a poetry curriculum centering on the theme of Playground Rhymes. It was specifically written for primary teachers. The research …

Now & Then (Volume 15, Issue 03, 1998), Center Of Excellence For Appalachian Studies And Services, East Tennessee State University

Now & Then: The Appalachian Magazine

Now & Then: The Appalachian Magazine, Volume 15, Issue 03, published in 1998. The theme of this issue is Transportation in Appalachia. The issue explores transportation in Appalachia as a force shaping history, culture, and daily life, tracing developments from Indigenous pathways and early railroads to modern highways and emerging technologies. It reflects on transportation's role in personal experience, regional growth and upheaval, and changing ideas of place, identity, and connection across the Appalachian landscape.

Now & Then (Volume 15, Issue 01, 1998), Center Of Excellence For Appalachian Studies And Services, East Tennessee State University

Now & Then: The Appalachian Magazine

Now & Then: The Appalachian Magazine, Volume 15, Issue 01, published in 1998. The theme of this issue is Food in Appalachia. The issue documents culinary traditions, agricultural practices, and the social meaning of shared meals across generations. It highlights family recipes, regional foods, Native and immigrant influences, and the ways food reflects identity, labor, and cultural continuity within the region.

Editorial, Patricia R. Renick Ph.D.

Electronic Journal for Inclusive Education

As you can see this JOURNAL is a work in progress. We hope to have our first edition on-line by the end of March. The editorial staff is currently reviewing submissions and choosing what is to be included in the first edition.

New editions of the JOURNAL will be published quarterly, with timely articles and new perspectives concerning inclusive initiatives. It is our intent to provide a forum for articles concerning inclusive education and that many voices will be heard and diverse perspectives concerning inclusive education will be understood.

The JOURNAL defines inclusive education in the same spirit and with …

Attitudes Toward Writing, Laurence E. Musgrove

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

This essay describes one teacher's approach to helping students understand the role attitude plays in contributing to or interfering with success in the writing class.

Goddess Spirituality And Academic Know Ledge-Making, Hildy Miller

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

Goddess-centered spirituality, an alternative way of making meaning, complements rationalism, the traditional notion of academic knowledge making.

Plato, Gorgias, And Trickster: Seeking Rhetoric's Muse, Keith Rhodes

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

From an historical perspective, rhetoric is the premier Tricksterish art. Seeing this permits us to re-evaluate Plato's role in the history of rhetoric and re-think current practices.

Reflection And An Appetite For Experience: Theory To Classroom Practice, Judith Halden-Sullivan

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

Reflection promotes an openness to thinking and an appetite for experience that must ground everyday classroom practice.

Front Matter

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

Editor's Message

We live in a culture dominated by boundaries of all sorts. Personal space is precious to us, and we become uneasy when others do not honor those invisible borders, ignoring, perhaps, the ways in which those borders shift with age, class, gender, and ethnicity. We have office doors, house doors, and bedroom doors that we close and lock. Many of us demarcate a sharp separation between private life and public work, arguing, as does Michael Bèrubé that the life lived has nothing to do with the work written. And so we exist, being careful not to overstep our …

Body Oddities: Hypothetical (Com)Positions From The Physically Extreme, Mark Mcbeth

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

Relying on the anomalous physicalities of the bearded woman, the hermaphrodite, and conjoined twins, this essay explores the links between the body and its constituent performances of composing.

Back Matter

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

No abstract provided.

Reviews, Katie Kane, Sheryl Mylan, Jerome Bump

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

Reviews

Katie Kane. Women Writing Culture. (Gary A. Olson and Elizabeth Hirsh, Eds., 1995). Women/ Writing/ Teaching. (Jan Zlotnik Schmidt, Ed., 1998).

Sheryl Mylan. ARTiculating: Teaching Writing in a Visual World. (Pamela B. Childers, Eric Hobson, and Joan A. Mullin, 1998).

Jerome Bump. Emotional Intelligence. (Daniel Goleman, 1995).

When A Student Ends A Wounded Silence, Dave Waddell

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

Students who disclose psychological trauma may derive therapeutic benefits, and writing teachers should carefully consider their roles.

Now & Then (Volume 15, Issue 02, 1998), Center Of Excellence For Appalachian Studies And Services, East Tennessee State University

Now & Then: The Appalachian Magazine

Now & Then: The Appalachian Magazine, Volume 15, Issue 02, published in 1998. The theme of this issue is Appalachian Poetry. The issue examines Appalachian poetry through individual voices and community-based initiatives, highlighting literary traditions, small presses, workshops, and programs that use poetry to foster self-discovery and a shared sense of place across the region.

Jaepl, Vol. 4, Winter 1998-1999

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

Essays

Laurence E. Musgrove. Attitudes Toward Writing. This essay describes one teacher's approach to helping students understand the role attitude plays in contributing to or interfering with success in the writing class.

Mark McBeth. Body Oddities: Hypothetical (Com)positions from the Physically Extreme. Relying on the anomalous physicalities of the bearded woman, the hermaphrodite, and conjoined twins, this essay explores the links between the body and its constituent performances of composing.

Hildy Miller. Goddess Spirituality and Academic Knowledge-Making. Goddess-centered spirituality, an alternative way of making meaning, complements rationalism, the traditional notion of academic knowledge making.

Keith Rhodes. Plato, …

Graduate Bulletin, 1998-2000 (1998), Moorhead State University

Graduate Bulletins (Catalogs)

No abstract provided.

A Note To The Frozen Chosen, Thomas Knestrict Ed. D.

Electronic Journal for Inclusive Education

A poem written by Tom Knestrict (Turtlesongs 1997).

Mixed Media December 1, 1997, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

Mixed Media began as the student publication Your Name Here. The December 1, 1997 issue includes articles on elective offerings at RISD, RISD Museum exhibitions, and difficulties enrolling in Liberal Arts classes, along with the comic "Man vs. the Pseudo-Intellectual" by Adam Swaab, event notices, and other announcements.

Mixed Media November 16, 1997, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

Mixed Media began as the student publication Your Name Here. The November 16, 1997 issue includes articles on elitism and the political left in the US, a history of the Transformers toys, a student's flight experience, RISD's Artist Ball, the lack of cross-departmental studios at RISD, Buckshot Bill artist/author Ron Janson, and an Illustration department pumpkin contest, along with the comic "Buckshot Bill" by Ron Janson, "The RISD Freshman Year Experience" and "The Met's New Product Line" by Adam Swaab, "The Main Event" by Jeremy and J. Drain, event notices, and other announcements.

Mixed Media November 2, 1997, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

Mixed Media began as the student publication Your Name Here. The November 2, 1997 issue includes articles on the RISD party scene, mailroom procedures, interracial dating, the Student Alliance, and Halloween, along with the comic "Bernie," student illustrations, event notices, and other announcements.

Mixed Media October 20, 1997, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

Mixed Media began as the student publication Your Name Here. The October 20, 1997 issue includes articles on sodomy laws in Rhode Island, the RISD libido, a dinner at Wright's Farm, and opinions about Mixed Media, along with the comics "I Hate Kinkos" by Adam Swaab, "Buckshot Bill's RISD Store Moment," and "Guise Guys" by Gorgon Radeo, event notices, and other announcements.

Mixed Media October 4, 1997, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

Mixed Media began as the student publication Your Name Here. The October 4, 1997 issue includes articles on the history of student newspapers at RISD, the Faculty Biennial, an out of control email chain, food at the Met, studying abroad, RISD parties, having a crush, and apathy at RISD, along with the comic "The Softcore Files" by Jesse Wiens, student creative work, event notices, and other announcements.

Mixed Media September 22, 1997, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

Mixed Media began as the student publication Your Name Here. The September 22, 1997 issue includes an article on nature through art and design, an Art Spiegelman lecture, a complaint about the lack of submissions and calling students to submit works, an announcement for Liberal Arts advising, Hardu Keck's convocation address, a memorial page for the ID student Thomas "Chesley" Palmore who was killed in a car accident, along with the comic "Buckshot Bill's Met Moment" by Ron Janson, event notices, and other announcements.

Mixed Media September 8, 1997, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

Mixed Media began as the student publication Your Name Here. The September 8, 1997 issue includes articles on the past summer holiday, the adaptation of the theme art and nature for the coming school year, an invitation to the first meeting of the newspaper for the year, event notices, and other announcements.

Wading The Creek In Eastern Kentucky, Chris Turner

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A thesis presented to the faculty of the Caudill College of Humanities at Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in English by Chris Turner on July 28, 1997.

Mixed Media May 12, 1997, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

Mixed Media began as the student publication Your Name Here. The May 12, 1997 issue includes articles on nature for the art of culture; a staff appreciation day; promotion of a RISD-hosted film, video, and animation festival; environmentalism; along with the comic "Soft Core" by Jessie Wiens, event notices, and other announcements.

The Urbane, Kenneth H. Casper

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A thesis presented to the faculty of the Caudill College of Humanities at Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in English by Kenneth H. Casper on May 8, 1997.

Good Night, Ladies: The Unauthorized Hagiography Of Edward W. Hawkins, William Randolph Dozier

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A thesis presented to the faculty of the College of English at Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in English by William Randolph Dozier on May 3, 1997.