This article advocates that teachers write about their educational ideas and experiences and submit those materials for publication. Suggestions for finding forums to write for, and techniques for persisting, writing, and controlling fear of rejection are presented. (MT)

Techniques for teaching writing should emphasize revision and editing, practice in sentence-combining, and exposing students to fine prose. To encourage good writing in all subjects, teachers should be trained to read students' essays holistically, paying attention to style as well as content. (PP)

Writing teachers can enable students to think critically by teaching composition courses according to two principles: sequencing and revision. The teaching of a basic reading and writing course for college freshmen illustrates how writing, taught from a discovery perspective and in conjunction with selected readings, can develop students' ability…

A guide for creating case studies is provided for teacher educators to share with students. Suggestions are offered for becoming a participant observer in a classroom. The appendix contains sample appropriate and inappropriate field notes. (SM)

Examines areas of study that all teachers receiving multicultural training and inservicing should explore (culture, cognitive learning styles, organizational and instructional strategies, bilingualism and cognition, and bilingual education for language minority students). Some researchers recommend taking a macro view of minorities to interpret…