Monthly Archives: February 2011

Institutionalizing individual strengths

Another subject I’m starting to think about as I think about interdisciplinary teaching as well as other kinds of (I think) desirable approaches to teaching is how one institutionalizes individual strengths. It strikes me that ultimately that will be the … Continue reading

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The play’s the thing…

A colleague from the Fine Arts Dept and I are considering team-teaching a senior English elective next spring.  He’s an actor/director and I am, well, me.  We thought Shakespeare would be a great vehicle for an interdisciplinary course, and we’ll … Continue reading

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NT–“new technologies”

Probably the most important question facing teachers of English/Language Arts right now is to what extent they should incorporate “new technologies” into their courses. SJS graduates have reported (literally for decades) that the two areas in which they are generally … Continue reading

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