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Direct linkVan Horn, Leigh – Voices from the Middle, 2006
Van Horn deems three "recognitions" as essential to truly internalizing professional development: what and how we learn; the importance of individuals, contexts, and community in learning; and the ongoing nature of learning. Here, she provides an overview and examples of ideas about professional development and how we might develop ourselves as…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Faculty Development, Middle School Teachers, Lifelong Learning
Van Horn, Leigh – Voices from the Middle, 2005
In reviewing Louise Rosenblatt's contribution to the world of literature and human relations, the author has involved himself in the intense experience of reading, re-reading, and "transacting" with "Literature as Exploration," "The Reader, the Text, the Poem: The Transactional Theory of the Literary Work," "Transactions with Literature: A…
Descriptors: Human Relations, Literature Appreciation, Reading Writing Relationship
Peer reviewedVan Horn, Leigh – Voices from the Middle, 2002
Notes the author vowed to prove to herself and to her students that they could meet and exceed the state standards, that they could succeed on any test, and that they could do it while engaging in authentic, context-based reading, writing, speaking, listening, thinking, viewing, and visually representing. Discusses units of study based upon a…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, English Instruction, Literature Appreciation, Middle Schools
Peer reviewedParker-Webster, Joan; Van Horn, Leigh – Voices from the Middle, 2000
Describes how two different middle school teachers transformed the study of vocabulary in their classrooms by engaging students' interest in words, moving the study of vocabulary into students' worlds through theatre and through word tickets and a student-created museum. (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Junior High Schools, Language Attitudes, Middle Schools
Peer reviewedVan Horn, Leigh – Voices from the Middle, 2000
Notes how adolescents through young adult literature begin to discover the meaning behind the words and to explore their own emotions. Describes the use of small groups and an introduction of the concept of a literacy community. Discusses a whole-class reading and response to S.E. Hinton's novel "The Outsiders." (SC)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Individual Development, Literature Appreciation, Middle Schools
