Discusses and analyzes Sam Taylor's film production of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew.'' (MM)

Discusses (1) American class anxiety and racism as reflected in the linguistic purist tradition; (2) the didialectalism of contemporary Black Idiom speakers; (3) the need for accurate comprehensive descriptions of Black Idiom; and (4) the need for teachers to teach communication skills to Black students. (MM)

Urges teachers and professionals to battle against censorship for the sake of the students. (MM)

Discusses how writing college and job applications can serve as a tool for teaching students to write autobiographies. (MM)

Describes the Living Curriculum,'' an inservice teacher education program in Tennessee. (MM)

Discusses how a teacher can aid the student in realizing or identifying himself through literature. (MM)

Describes an evaluation form that can be used by students in their evaluation of a teacher. (MM)

A teacher responds to educational accountability by stating it fails to recognize education is the result of a human encounter which can liberate enough energy to satisfy any educational goals set forth. (MM)

The school experience should increase a child's sense of humanity and of the potentialities for depth and range in human relations. (MM)

Describes the Russian reader's interests in contemporary American literature. (MM)

Several suggestions concerning affective teaching methods are made based on Hesse's novel, Siddartha.'' (MM)

The poetry and music of the blues can reveal an American experience relatively unknown to middle class students. (MM)