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Wilhelm, Jeffrey D. – Voices from the Middle, 2011
According to Wilhelm, a teacher's power lies in learning to work "with" students, starting with listening. He recommends setting up conditions and mechanisms that help you learn from your students what they are learning, what challenges they are facing, and how best to teach them. Through inquiry, the classroom can become a vital and engaging…
Descriptors: Literary Styles, Listening Skills, Teacher Student Relationship, Cooperation
Wilhelm, Jeffrey D. – Voices from the Middle, 2010
Wilhelm offers us a definition of "third spaces" as "more democratic and dialogic spaces than a classroom, as well as a metaphor for a space in which new, hybrid, and challenging discourses and real-world knowledge and applications are created." With helpful background and examples, he urges us to create such spaces for our students, adamant that…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Dialogs (Language), Middle Schools, Learning
Wilhelm, Jeffrey D. – Voices from the Middle, 2007
Recognizing the challenge of individualizing instruction, Wilhelm reminds us of some specific areas teachers must focus on: developing apprenticeship and inquiry settings in which student difference is a resource; connecting students to their reading and writing; honoring and using students' first languages; situating instruction in real or…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Multicultural Education, Teaching (Occupation), Individualized Instruction