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Full-Text Articles in Education
Revamped Socratic Seminars: Great Ideas, Morgan Taylor
Revamped Socratic Seminars: Great Ideas, Morgan Taylor
New Jersey English Journal
Revamped Socratic Seminars called 'Great Ideas' encourage student ownership and active participation. Preparing with open-ended questions and online tools, the approach fosters a learner community and deepens subject understanding, assessed through a tracking system.
Creating A Productive Ela Classroom Environment, Caroline E. Schack, Hagan Wells, Gary A. Pickle
Creating A Productive Ela Classroom Environment, Caroline E. Schack, Hagan Wells, Gary A. Pickle
New Jersey English Journal
Two early service teachers and one pre-service teacher offer strategies for creating a more effective, inclusive ELA classroom experience. The approaches include writing as a process, unification of behavioral management through class assignments, and a restorative approach to communication. Implementing these strategies can revive productivity in the ELA classroom.
Writing Is A Process, Not A Product: Encouraging Student Engagement Through Self-Assessment, Erin Riley-Lepo, Kayla Teeling
Writing Is A Process, Not A Product: Encouraging Student Engagement Through Self-Assessment, Erin Riley-Lepo, Kayla Teeling
New Jersey English Journal
Going beyond traditional writing practices by utilizing a student-centered approach can benefit both student and teacher. In this essay, two high school English teachers present theories on student-regulated learning, formative assessment, and self-assessment in writing instruction. Then, they describe and provide examples of how these theories inform their writing instruction.
A Post-Pandemic Perspective: Challenges, Choices, And Adaptations, Joseph S. Pizzo
A Post-Pandemic Perspective: Challenges, Choices, And Adaptations, Joseph S. Pizzo
New Jersey English Journal
This poem deals with the challenges of returning to an in-person experience after having faced the challenges associated with teaching in remote and hybrid classrooms during the pandemic.
Pursuing Happiness: Teaching Scientific-Based Strategies For Subjective Well-Being In The Ela Classroom, Adam V. Piccoli
Pursuing Happiness: Teaching Scientific-Based Strategies For Subjective Well-Being In The Ela Classroom, Adam V. Piccoli
New Jersey English Journal
Increased rates of mental health issues have hurt student engagement levels. This article offers research-based strategies designed to improve subjective well-being for students. Practical examples of how to apply these strategies in the English Language Arts classroom are provided.
Our Lives Are Worth Celebrating, Darius M. Phelps, Brian Mooney
Our Lives Are Worth Celebrating, Darius M. Phelps, Brian Mooney
New Jersey English Journal
No abstract provided.
Reflections On Rurality In The Classroom: Connecting To Curriculum Through Place, Chea Parton
Reflections On Rurality In The Classroom: Connecting To Curriculum Through Place, Chea Parton
New Jersey English Journal
In this essay, I reflect on place-salient moments of my education career - one as a rural learner and the other as a rural teacher - to think about how rurality and where I came from affected my teaching and learning in rural classrooms.
Reviving 90s Sitcoms To Teach Black Linguistic Justice Concepts, Teaira Mcmurtry Phd
Reviving 90s Sitcoms To Teach Black Linguistic Justice Concepts, Teaira Mcmurtry Phd
New Jersey English Journal
In this article, the author elucidates two teaching and learning possibilities in the high school ELA classroom when leveraging Black sitcoms of the 1990s (Family Matters and Amen) to prioritize Black Linguistic Justice.
Creative Writing Must Play A Bigger Role In The English Classroom, Yekaterina Mckenney
Creative Writing Must Play A Bigger Role In The English Classroom, Yekaterina Mckenney
New Jersey English Journal
English language and literature teachers must implement more creative writing -- fiction and fanfiction -- into their high-school instruction in order to increase student engagement and invigorate their teaching.
The Power Of Print: Supporting Emergent Readers Vocabulary Growth, Susan J. Chambre
The Power Of Print: Supporting Emergent Readers Vocabulary Growth, Susan J. Chambre
New Jersey English Journal
Vocabulary instructional practices are grounded in oral language development, neglecting the role print plays enhancing student learning. This article offers suggestions for early childhood educators to reconceptualize their thinking of print exposure with supporting vocabulary development. Suggestions of ways to incorporate print exposure into daily classroom routines are provided.
Cover, Editors' Note, Front Matter, Lauren Zucker, Susan Chenelle, Katie F. Whitley
Cover, Editors' Note, Front Matter, Lauren Zucker, Susan Chenelle, Katie F. Whitley
New Jersey English Journal
No abstract provided.
[Full Issue] Reviving Engagement In Ela
[Full Issue] Reviving Engagement In Ela
New Jersey English Journal
No abstract provided.
[Full Issue] What's Working? What's Not?
[Full Issue] What's Working? What's Not?
New Jersey English Journal
No abstract provided.
Call For Culturally Inclusive Texts In The English Classroom: Books As Mirrors And Windows, Annie Yon
Call For Culturally Inclusive Texts In The English Classroom: Books As Mirrors And Windows, Annie Yon
New Jersey English Journal
The literary canon has long been revered in public education as representing the “‘depth and breadth of our national common experience,’ but the problem is that what was once defined as ‘common’—middle class, white, cisgender people—is no longer the reality in our country” (Anderson 1). The United States has a very diverse population, but there is a lack of diverse representation in books taught in the English classroom. In other words, American classics embedded in the curriculum hold merit, but they do not fully represent the stories of all ethnic and culturally diverse students with their own “American” experiences. Poor …
Supporting Growth Mindset In The Post-Covid Classroom: A Case For Skills-Tracking And Goal-Achievement Strategies, Garrett T. Van Curen
Supporting Growth Mindset In The Post-Covid Classroom: A Case For Skills-Tracking And Goal-Achievement Strategies, Garrett T. Van Curen
New Jersey English Journal
The following essay explores the importance of student skills-tracking and goal-setting in the secondary English language arts classroom as students continue to adapt to in-person instruction following COVID-19 lockdowns and remote/hybrid instruction. The essay explores goal-setting and skills-tracking from the standpoint of growth-mindset and SEL.
Do We Just Continue To Teach? An Examination Of Teaching Through Tragedy By Teaching Tragedy, Janine M. Quimby
Do We Just Continue To Teach? An Examination Of Teaching Through Tragedy By Teaching Tragedy, Janine M. Quimby
New Jersey English Journal
This personal essay explores the nature of teaching through a tragedy (the COVID-19 pandemic) by allowing students to self-select works to read, even if those works contain tragic elements.
Covid-19 Isolation: Daily Lessons, Joseph S. Pizzo
Covid-19 Isolation: Daily Lessons, Joseph S. Pizzo
New Jersey English Journal
COVID-19 continually disrupts classroom structure, design, and the lessons being taught. A return to in-person, on-site classrooms is being challenged again by new variants and people’s desire to gather during holidays. Our goal as caring educators is to “educate rather than separate” as we “continue / To humanize / Our study / Of humanities.”
English Language Arts (Ela) Strategies For Teaching Students How To Disagree Productively, Adam V. Piccoli
English Language Arts (Ela) Strategies For Teaching Students How To Disagree Productively, Adam V. Piccoli
New Jersey English Journal
This article utilizes research from educators, psychologists, and neuroscientists to derive strategies on how to disagree more productively. Explicit examples of applying these strategies in the English Language Arts classroom are provided. The areas of focus include Rogerian rhetoric, anger management, demonstrating empathy and using open-ended questions to persuade.
Community Building Through Classroom Routine: A Language Arts Class Opener, Deborah Overstreet
Community Building Through Classroom Routine: A Language Arts Class Opener, Deborah Overstreet
New Jersey English Journal
Classroom community is a key component in building the kind of environment where students thrive. Specific academic routine can be an effective method of both creating a supportive classroom community and teaching language arts content.
An Argument For Simplicity: Have Learning Systems Become Too Complicated?, William A. Mesce
An Argument For Simplicity: Have Learning Systems Become Too Complicated?, William A. Mesce
New Jersey English Journal
COVID has made higher education institutions more reliant on remote learning platforms, but there is little standardization between institutions, and some of these systems may be unnecessarily complex. This article argues for asking not what such systems could do, but what educators and students need them to do.
Identity Development To Support Disenfranchised Student Engagement, Jessica Hadid
Identity Development To Support Disenfranchised Student Engagement, Jessica Hadid
New Jersey English Journal
A challenge for many secondary educators is fostering student engagement. This challenge is enhanced by pandemic related constraints. Although not intuitive at the onset, an effective approach to address waning engagement involves facilitating students’ identity exploration and development. This article explains how identity work connects with task engagement, and presents a model for successfully integrating an identity development program into an existing ELA curriculum.
Writing Our Climate Future: A “Cli-Fi” Writing Process For Students In The Anthropocene, Shannon Falkner
Writing Our Climate Future: A “Cli-Fi” Writing Process For Students In The Anthropocene, Shannon Falkner
New Jersey English Journal
Like Covid, climate change causes many students to feel afraid and powerless. By studying infographics on climate change, we can help students develop their 21st century literacy skills while educating them about climate change and its solutions. As students draw on that knowledge to write their own “cli-fi” stories, they practice their narrative writing skills and learn how fiction writers address real-world issues in their work. As a result, students come to understand the power of literature to make abstract world issues feel personalized and meaningful to readers and the power they have as writers to effect change.
Professional Development, John Chorazy
Professional Development, John Chorazy
New Jersey English Journal
Written from the perspective of a teacher, this poem reflects on the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Social Distancing: Closing The Gap Between Digital And Social Media Literacy Practices And Literacy Instruction, Rachel Besharat-Mann
Social Distancing: Closing The Gap Between Digital And Social Media Literacy Practices And Literacy Instruction, Rachel Besharat-Mann
New Jersey English Journal
As adolescents increasingly navigate texts through digital and social media, educators have the crucial task of understanding text production and consumption and bridging these literacy practices into classrooms. This article will discuss the different skill components for digital and social media literacy and application in the classroom.
Cover, Editors' Note, Front Matter, Lauren Zucker, Susan Chenelle, Katie F. Whitley
Cover, Editors' Note, Front Matter, Lauren Zucker, Susan Chenelle, Katie F. Whitley
New Jersey English Journal
No abstract provided.
[Full Issue] Course Correction: The Adaptive Nature Of English Language Arts
[Full Issue] Course Correction: The Adaptive Nature Of English Language Arts
New Jersey English Journal
No abstract provided.
How Padlet Encouraged Student Collaboration And Engagement In My Virtual Classroom, Annie Yon
How Padlet Encouraged Student Collaboration And Engagement In My Virtual Classroom, Annie Yon
New Jersey English Journal
With the growth of virtual classes, it is crucial for teachers to integrate strategies and resources that foster student engagement and build a sense of community in an online environment. One way to augment synchronous and asynchronous communication is to implement an online discussion board, which can provide rich opportunities for students to share insights, ask clarifying questions, collaborate, create multimodal projects, and have their voices heard. By incorporating an interactive discussion board, such as Padlet, as part of class resources, teachers can facilitate discourse among students that transcends the physical boundaries of the classroom, create a motivational environment, improve …
Training Adaptive Teachers, Emily Wender
Training Adaptive Teachers, Emily Wender
New Jersey English Journal
This article discusses how to develop adaptability in teacher candidates. The author required teacher candidates to adapt a face to face lesson plan for a virtual setting and concludes that candidates need more opportunities in their coursework to identify reasons to change instruction and reflect on adaptability.
A Global Pandemic: The Ultimate Test Of Teacher Adaptation, Erika Watts
A Global Pandemic: The Ultimate Test Of Teacher Adaptation, Erika Watts
New Jersey English Journal
The article focuses on the ways teachers adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic and changed the way they assisted students to adjust to new learning styles.
In Praise Of Poetry: Using Poems To Promote Joy, Community, And Social Emotional Learning During The Pandemic, Jordan Virgil, Katie Gallagher
In Praise Of Poetry: Using Poems To Promote Joy, Community, And Social Emotional Learning During The Pandemic, Jordan Virgil, Katie Gallagher
New Jersey English Journal
No abstract provided.