Research in the Teaching of English, Vol. 37, No. 3, February 2003

Table of Contents

• EDITORS’ INTRODUCTION: Put on Those Dancing Shoes

  Peter Smagorinsky, Michael W. Smith

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  Abstract: Abstract for this article is currently not available.

  Keywords: Research

• Yeki Bood/Yeki Na Bood: Writing and Publishing as a Teacher Researcher

  Bob Fecho

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  Abstract: Fecho's talk at the 2002 NCTE Conference upon receiving the Alan C. Purves Award involved the considerations faced by practitioner researchers as they write for publication, particularly as they encounter the template of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.

  Keywords: Elementary, Middle, Secondary, College, Research

• Caring and the Teaching of English

  Brian White

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  Abstract: This article examines the notion of caring in the teaching of English. Although Nel Noddings's work has paved the way for more caring approaches to teaching, aspects of her formulation must be reconsidered in order to ensure caring instruction for the most powerless and most needy students.

  Keywords: Elementary, Middle, Pedagogy, Research

• Contexts, Genres, and Imagination: An Examination of the Idiosyncratic Writing Performances of Three Elementary Children within Multiple Contexts of Writing Instruction

  Jenifer Jasinski Schneider

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  Abstract: A year-long, 2-level case study was conducted to examine both the complex writing performances of three students in a 2nd-3rd grade class and the instructional strategies of their teacher, focusing on the interplay between the children's strategy use and the teacher's instruction.

  Keywords: Elementary, Pedagogy, Research, Writing

• Eliciting Narratives: Drawing Attention to the Margins of Classroom Talk

  Betsy Rymes

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  Abstract: This paper describes two contrasting classroom contexts for eliciting personal narratives, with analysis based on reading group interactions video-recorded weekly during the second semester of each year.

  Keywords: Elementary, Language, Pedagogy, Research

• GUEST REVIEWERS

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  Abstract: We gratefully acknowledge the time and effort of the following colleagues in reviewing manuscripts considered for Research in the Teaching of English.

• Announcing the Alan C. Purves Award Winner

  Mary Beth Monahan, Yolanda J. Majors, Cynthia Mershon, Robert Baroz, Debra Schneider, James Trier

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  Abstract: We are pleased to announce that Bob Fecho of The University of Georgia is the winner of the 2002 Alan C. Purves Award for his article “‘Why Are You DoingThis?’: Acknowledging and Transcending Threat in a Critical Inquiry Classroom.”

  Keywords: Research

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