Provides a personal narrative of how one Shakespearean teacher-actor was "remade" through specific experiences. Claims that students must perform at least some Shakespeare in order to experience personal and social enrichment. (NH)

Aims to help teachers find a way to help students enjoy Shakespeare through the process of performance. Provides guidelines gained from personal experience for teachers presenting the plays with secondary students that include the following: (1) audience consideration, (2) actor-ownership of the performance, (3) staging limitations, and (4)…

Reports on a study that examined the relationship between age and depth of response to poetry. (HOD)

Suggests that while teachers may wish to guide students in their reading of literature--to give them only "good" literature and to help them see the "right" interpretations of it--such guidance leaves students' understanding to chance, and does not help them choose to think and construct values of their own. (JC)