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Direct linkKaesshaefer, Megan – Instructor, 2011
This article presents an interview with Lyn Huston, who teaches in a one-room schoolhouse--Duckwater School--in Duckwater, Nevada. The school, which has a class of only 15 students, is set on a plot of land between alfalfa farms, an Indian reservation, and a 20,500-acre wilderness area. Huston discusses the challenges that exist when teaching in a…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Rural Areas, Elementary Education, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewedLorimer, Christina; Schulte, Julia – CATESOL Journal, 2012
Prospective teachers pursue a graduate degree in TESOL with the expectation that they will become more qualified, on paper and in practice, and more recognized as professionals in the field. In this article, the authors interrogate that assumption by exploring what it means to be a TESOL professional and how graduate students begin to shape this…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Professionalism, Student Attitudes, Professional Identity
McKinney, Marilyn; Giorgis, Cyndi – Journal of Literacy Research, 2009
In this study, we explored ways that four literacy specialists who worked in three schools that were part of one state's Reading Excellence Act (REA) grant constructed their identities as writers and as teachers of writing. We also explored how they negotiated the performance of those identities in different contexts over a two-year period.…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Literacy, Writing Teachers, Writing Instruction
Nevada State Library, Carson City. – 1989
In Nevada a book was developed to bring history to life for adult students who are beginning to discover the joy of reading and to let new readers and tutors tell their own stories about reading. The first part of the book includes 17 original stories written by Phillip Earl, a popular author and newspaper columnist in Nevada. Articles were…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs
Nevada State Library, Carson City. – 1989
In Nevada a book was developed to bring history to life for adult students who are beginning to discover the joy of reading and to let new readers and tutors tell their own stories about reading. The first part of the book includes 10 original stories written by Phillip Earl, a popular author and newspaper columnist. Articles were selected for…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs
Nelson, Linda, Ed.; Williams, Judith, Ed. – 1990
The seven narratives in this document were drawn from the reflective writings of administrators of color involved in the Nevada Project LEAD. Six school principals and one district administrator describe experiences they have encountered in managing ethnically and racially diverse elementary and secondary schools in Nevada. The first and last…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Administrator Role, Blacks, Conflict Resolution
