Describes the classroom experiences, observations, and successes of one writer when he went back to teaching. (JD)

Research done on teacher educators in the last two decades is summarized. Discussed are the background, education, personality traits, professional abilities, and teaching styles of teacher educators. Areas of needed research are identified. (MT)

This sociolinguistic analysis of Secretary of Education, William Bennett's teaching uses five tools: setting, question sequencing, topic, response, and evaluation analysis. Recitation teaching and responsive teaching are discussed. (Author/MT)

Illustrates how the author's experiences as a child, parent, teacher, storyteller, and woman have influenced both her understanding of the reading process and the way she teaches reading and writing. Claims that each role provides her with different information and a unique perspective. (JD)

Examines the relationship between mothers' intervention techniques in both teaching and disciplining and children's school-related abilities. Mothers' techniques were assessed when their children were age 4, and children's academic abilities were measured at ages 4, 5, 6, and 12. Among other results, direct control tactics were negatively…

Discusses the work of Blake and how it situates the author in thinking about literary criticism and theory and how it affects his teaching. (SRT)

A prototype cognitive neuroscience/learning style preservice teacher education program was designed and experimentally implemented at The Ohio State University. The program is described and results of two followup studies are summarized. (MT)

Physical education teachers with good discipline exhibit remarkable similarity in authority style. They communicate a positive role model, are generally good planners, and tend to be good communicators. Such teachers periodically assess their teaching behavior and the learning styles of their students. Most of all, they are consistent in their…

This article: (1) describes the characteristics and duration of transitions between units of classroom activities; and (2) investigates how transitions are achieved by three effective junior high school teachers. (CB)

Asks whether students who create computer programs with LOGO and those who use reading software with speech synthesis profit more than they would with a teacher. (CRH)

Previous studies have indicated that a response-sensitive presentation was more effective than a random response-insensitive presentation. This study examined whether these findings could be generalized to a regular classroom environment. Implications of the results are discussed. (Author/MT)

How the concept of drama includes the idea of meaningful intensification--the revelation of the unified spirit or energy that characterizes a community--is discussed. Within the context of art education, meaningful intensification is interpreted within a class social structure. (RM)

In evaluating their psychology course, undergraduate students showed a strong preference for the heuristic and philetic teaching styles over the didactic style. The heuristic style emphasizes ideas and teaches students to think; classroom discussions are important. The philetic style emphasizes the student-teacher relationship. The didactic style…

Introduces the topics of the journal articles and briefly explains how each relates to personal teaching style. (CRH)

Findings from early and current phenomenological studies indicate that stylistic characteristics are indicators of psychological forces that guide interactions with the world. Implications of how this theory relates to learning and teaching styles are discussed. (DF)