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Peer reviewedAvery, Carol S. – Language Arts, 1988
Describes how a teacher and students deal with the death of a classmate through sharing aloud her written compositions. (MM)
Descriptors: Bereavement, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Death
Peer reviewedToetter, Thomas – Teaching Education, 1994
Describes the impact 1 creative first-grade teacher made on students over her 47 years of teaching and explains the importance of significant teachers on students' development and educational careers. The teacher made school a place of challenge and reward where students felt valued, comfortable, loved, and respected. (SM)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers
Peer reviewedSpring, Fern – Teaching Education, 1992
A first-grade teacher reflects on a new student in her class one year. The student was from a disadvantaged home and had few appropriate social skills but was very eager to learn and responded to the teacher with great affection. The teacher explains how much the experience affected her. (SM)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers
Peer reviewedReyes, Sharon Adelman – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2002
An educator observing her biracial, bilingual daughter's first-grade classroom for a study of gender relations was horrified by school and classroom practices that enforced mindless conformity and were insensitive to negative racial images. Her daughter's attempts to make meaning from her experiences are described. (SV)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Conformity
Peer reviewedReinoso, Marta – Preventing School Failure, 2002
A first grade teacher recounts how she applied findings in the literature about effective organizations and leadership to build more responsible, self-sufficient, and empowered young citizens. The account is organized around seven "realities" such as: "if something enters the curriculum, something usually exits the curriculum,""determine what is…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Classroom Environment, Educational Change, Elementary School Teachers
Download full textBrisk, Maria Estela – 1998
The rationale for using critical autobiography projects in English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction is discussed, and procedures for implementation are outlined. Writing a critical autobiography involves the student's presenting a personal narrative while exploring external factors influencing his life. Critical experiences in life provide…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Bilingual Education, Case Studies, Classroom Techniques
Katch, Jane – 2001
Noting that the perception of increased real violence in the country has created an inhospitable setting for pretend violent play, this book recounts the experiences of children in a kindergarten and first-grade classroom over the course of one year, focusing on the role of violent fantasy play. The book illustrates how the teacher, with 8 years…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Childhood Needs, Cognitive Development, Elementary School Students
