Reviews for People Power Change

The average rating for People Power Change based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-10-02 00:00:00 Deep Desai Okay, I wrote the book published in 1992, with four other authors. Colleen Fairbanks, Laura Roop and I were doctoral students. Alan Howes (RIP) was a professor of English, and Anne Gere directed the Program in English Education. She got the contract and we had two of us co-write two of ten chapters, two others would revise, we'd all edit. Was awarded the Richard A. Meade Award for Excellence in Research in English Education, National Council of Teachers of English for 1992. An English language teaching methods text, and as of 2015, it is STILL in print, so it has been pretty well respected in the field. Was discussed favorably in a book about English methods written by Peter Smagorinsky. Took a unique approach; rather than simply advocate for a way to teach, we offered four different theoretical approaches to teaching English and illustrated how such approaches would look in practice. Had assessment chapter that was within a year out of date, but most of the other chapters were good. I was particularly proud of my contribution (I was one of the two main authors of it with Colleen) to a chapter on "Teaching as a Social Construct," which came the closest to expressing my views about teaching at the time. The teacher we featured in that chapter is modeled on former Detroit Dewey for Urban Education teacher Toby Curry, a great teacher.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-06-20 00:00:00 Adam Pinto While this may be an older text (1992), it was an effective overview of theoretical approaches to teaching English. I read this for EDU 431 at the Graduate level with Dr. Callahan at the University of Rochester. Almost 11 years later, this text comes in handy in my teaching and learning practices.