English Education, Vol. 32, No. 2, January 2000

Table of Contents

• "Here's What I Did:" Making "Sharing" Research Meaningful for Teaching

  Jonathan Bush

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  Abstract: Discusses the "Teaching Ideas" column in "English Journal" in terms of the way these articles work and how they might be re-envisioned. Claims the importance of the particular teaching situation must be emphasized to give a better understanding of the diversity, individuality, and attention to context that teaching English requires.

  Keywords: College

• Connecting Graduate Education in Language Arts with Teaching Contexts: The Power of Action Research

  Margaret J. Johnson and Kathryn Button

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  Abstract: Explores three questions concerning the effect of a language arts graduate course on 11 inservice teachers: (1) how teaching practices changed as a result of the course; (2) how teachers' ideas of teaching changed; and (3) what factors facilitated professional growth.

  Keywords: College, Research, Professional Development

• Reading the Classroom as Text: A Heuristic for Classroom Inquiry

  Rick VanDeWeghe and Louann Reid

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  Abstract: Finds the metaphor of reading the classroom as "text" is (1) easy in that all it takes is an orientation that asks what the classroom has to teach; and (2) difficult in that what it has to teach is complex, multi-layered, and often conflictive. Provides a heuristic to guide teachers in viewing and understanding the classroom as text.

  Keywords: College

• Multiple Ways of Knowing in Literature Classrooms

  Mary Beth Hines and Deborah Appleman

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  Abstract: Uses data from case studies of literature classrooms to suggest that contemporary literary theories can enrich literature instruction in both high school and college classrooms. Claims that theories of interpretation offer not only ways of reading texts, but also ways of seeing and interpreting beyond the world of the classroom.

  Keywords: College, Literature

• Editorial: Troubling Spaces

  Randi Dickson

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  Keywords: College

• News and Notes

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