In the first two decades of the 21st Century, higher education has faced several challenges including decreasing enrollments, emphasis on getting students through to graduation, remote teaching, and an increasing reliance on online teaching. These challenges raise three central questions: How has the role of the professor in student success…

Research by behavioral scientists suggests that the hemispheres of the brain mature at different rates in boys and in girls up to about age 10. A change in teaching style to accommodate different learning styles benefitted all members of a second-grade class, in particular a boy with learning problems. (MT)

Chronicles Henry David Thoreau's early positions as a nontraditional, progressive, futuristic teacher, tutor, and schoolmaster. Explains how Thoreau's disposition for observing, questioning, and evaluating led him to leave education and nurture his role as a naturalist and philosopher. (NEC)

A model is offered which demonstrates the role of brain hemisphericity in teaching-learning strategies which implements affective learning without sacrificing cognitive achievement. (Author/BRR)

A teacher who has effective discipline is one whose students are on task, act responsibly, and show good human relations. Listed are brief descriptions of some of the behaviors used by effective teachers to establish an optimal learning environment. (MT)

"The Capital Kid" is a cowboy persona used by the author when she teaches capitalization skills. Her teaching style and the games used are described. (SJL)

A charismatic teaching style turns the dance studio or classroom into a theatrical setting in which the dance instructor is "star" and the students are "supporting players." (CJ)

Describes what one high school writing teacher would do to make a writing workshop work effectively. (RL)

The author describes how he impersonated Michelangelo while presenting a Renaissance art unit to his seventh- and eighth-grade class. (SJL)

This article is a semi-satire of suggestions for teachers on how to improve their classroom instructional strategies and curriculum. Many aspects of education and teaching occur in multiples of three and this article summarizes this phenomenon. (Author)

Teachers can accommodate differences in student learning styles by creating an environment in which individuals feel free to be themselves. (Author)

Nine elementary teachers explain how they design their classrooms to match and support their instructional styles. The teachers focus on whole language programs, student portfolios, science activity set-ups, technology transformation, learning center strategies, and space utilization. (SM)

A teaching style classification system that can aid in the evaluation of teachers is outlined. It allows the evaluator the use of systematic and orderly evaluation practices. (MD)

Examines how communicative practice has been used and misused by some teachers in the classroom and how the importance of correction technique has been virtually ignored. Refers mostly to question-answer conversations and picture descriptions. (EKN)

Poses questions that are relevant to the division of labor in a team-teaching situation and offers suggestions for making team teaching a success. (FL)