Teachers Make a Difference.

Chambers, Gurney

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ERIC Number: EJ375352

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Publication Date: 1987

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Teachers Make a Difference.

Chambers, Gurney

Rural Special Education Quarterly, v7 n4 p2-5 1987

Tells the story of a special teacher in a rural school and her influence on the writer's life. Notes qualities of the effective teaching including empathy, energy, high expectations, acknowledgement of the whole child, and perception of the hidden curriculum. Discusses teacher's ways of overcoming her students' poverty and educational disadvantages. (JHZ)

Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education, Personal Narratives, Poverty, Rural Education, Rural Schools, Self Esteem, Special Education, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Teacher Characteristics, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Influence, Teacher Student Relationship

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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