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ERIC Number: EJ611202
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1784
Teaching Sisyphus To Juggle.
Burke, Jim
Educational Leadership, v57 n8 p8-12 May 2000
Teachers need different types of communities to sustain and inspire them. They seek like-minded "outsiders" committed to learning and discussing what they learn. When the author invited "San Francisco Chronicle" readers to help convince his students about reading's importance, he received 1,000 helpful replies. (MLH)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Collegiality, Community, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Workload, Reading Strategies, Student Motivation, Teaching Conditions
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Support Systems; Teacher Renewal