Reason to Believe is about teaching and the possibility of making positive change in education. The authors explore the way that American pragmatism and the rhetoric of North American romanticism work together to create a method for restoring hope to teachers and responsiveness to the systems they work within. What the book calls romantic/pragmatic rhetoric offers teachers a way to locate the roots of their beliefs and methods, to name them, and thus to act to change and challenge systems that have become in William James' phrase "tyrannical machines."
Teacher's Resource book Contains background information on the industry to help you teach with confidence Additional activities and tests for extra practice and support
King Street Junior was a Radio Comedy about a junior school aired by the BBC from March 1985 to November 1998. A continuation of the series renamed King Street Junior Revisited started in 2002 and continued until 2005..
An unassuming character sitcom-cum-light drama serial follows the working lives of a group of teachers at a small junior school in a multiracial area. , and came from the pen of Jim Eldridge, himself a former teacher.
Let this publication be a token of my personal reverence for all teachers of English, visiting this site and / or contributing here.
Visuals for the Language Classroomis a practical guide to the visual materials commonly available to the classroom teacher. It describes the characteristics of the various media and shows how a sensitive understanding of these characteristics will lead the teacher to fresh, dynamic and efficient activities in the language classroom. All the ideas in this book can be copied by any teacher with the minimum of time, money or artistic talent. Many of the hundreds of examples have been illustrated by the authors themselves.
Making culture a more central concept in the texts and contexts of teacher education is the focus of this book. It is a rich account of the author's investigation of teacher book club discussions of ethnic literature, specifically ethnic autobiography--as a genre from which teachers might learn about culture, literacy, and education in their own and others' lives, and as a form of conversation and literature-based work that might be sustainable and foster teachers' comprehension and critical thinking. Dr. Florio-Ruane's role in the book clubs merged participation and inquiry.