Authors:Irene C. Goldman-Price, Melissa Mcfarland Pennell,
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Keywords: mentors, literary, american
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 1999-12-15
List price: $59.95
ISBN-10: 0813017122
ISBN-13: 9780813017129
Presenting a picture of the complex relationships between aspiring writers and their mentors from the 1870s to the late 20th century, the essays in this volume offer definitions of mentoring and show the importance of guidance in establishing a literary career.
Author: Elizabeth Benedict
Publisher: Free Press
Keywords: people, changed, lives, writers, monsters, muses, amp, mentors
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2009-10-27
List price: $24.99
ISBN-10: 1439108617
ISBN-13: 9781439108611
For Denis Johnson, it was Leonard Gardner’s cult favorite Fat City; for Jonathan Safran Foer, it was a brief encounter with Israeli poet Yehuda Amichai; Mary Gordon’s mentors were two Barnard professors, writers Elizabeth Hardwick and Janice Thaddeus, whose lessons could not have been more different. In Mentors, Muses & Monsters, edited and with a contribution by Elizabeth Benedict, author of the National Book Award finalist Slow Dancing, thirty of today’s brightest literary lights turn their attention to the question of mentorship and influence, exploring the people, eve
Author: Jody Clowes
Publisher: Chazen Museum of Art
Keywords: chazen, madison, museum, art, catalogs, wisconsin, university, fred, mentors, fenster, eleanor, moty, metalsmiths
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2007-01-02
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 093290081X
ISBN-13: 9780932900814
The history of contemporary American metalsmithing is inextricably linked with the academy. Since the 1950s, nearly every significant artist working in metals has trained at a university or art school—fertile ground for innovation and exploration in metalsmithing and jewelry making. The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s metals program is among the best in the nation, founded on the teaching legacy of Fred Fenster and Eleanor Moty, who instilled in their students a profound respect for craftsmanship, technical innovation, formal integrity, and thoughtful design. The work in thi
Authors:Cathy D. Hicks, Neal A. Glasgow, Sarah J. McNary,
Publisher: Corwin Press
Keywords: teacher, induction, training, support, new, strategies, mentors, research, based, successful
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2004-11-17
List price: $36.95
ISBN-10: 0761988874
ISBN-13: 9780761988878
Find mentoring strategies, research, applications, and precautions in this state-of-the-art handbook. Theory and practice are synthesized to help mentors guide and challenge their new teachers.
Authors:Terry Field, Barbara Field,
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: guide, practical, mentors, teachers
Number of Pages: 182
Published: 1994-06-01
List price: $57.50
ISBN-10: 0750703172
ISBN-13: 9780750703178
School-based teacher education is being implemented and this book explores the changing role and function of the supervisory teacher in the classroom.; The ramifications of the changes to pre-service teacher training are enormous. The staffing of some parts of universities will be affected dramatically; the distribution of funds will change; the tasks of many teachers in school will be different as they find themselves becoming teacher educators rather than supervisors in their new role as mentors. In this highly readable book, the Fields, through a series of case studies, drawn from the UK an
Author: Barbara Field; Terry Field both at University of N
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: mentors, teachers
Number of Pages: 184
Published: 1994-06-01
List price: $180.00
ISBN-10: 0750703164
ISBN-13: 9780750703161
School-based teacher education is being implemented and this book explores the changing role and function of the supervisory teacher in the classroom.; The ramifications of the changes to pre-service teacher training are enormous. The staffing of some parts of universities will be affected dramatically; the distribution of funds will change; the tasks of many teachers in school will be different as they find themselves becoming teacher educators rather than supervisors in their new role as mentors. In this highly readable book, the Fields, through a series of case studies, drawn from the UK an
Authors:Craig Kridel, Robert V. Bullough Jr., Paul Shaker,
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: education, professors, source, books, century, twentieth, mentors, profiles, distinguished, teachers
Number of Pages: 312
Published: 1996-03-01
List price: $145.00
ISBN-10: 0815317468
ISBN-13: 9780815317463
The unique relationship between mentors and students informs the art of teaching and enhances the intellectual vitality of higher education and quality of teacher and student life. This collection of original essays presents autobiographical vignettes of important professors of our time. These essays reflect the appreciation of the authors-now successful academics-for their teachers/mentors, whose drive and creativity had such on influence on the careers of their students. No other collection presents such an autobiographical and biographical portrayal of college of education faculty. The e
