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17. Those Who Do, Can: Teachers Writing, Writers Teaching. A Sourcebook.

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National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL., Root, Robert L., and Steinberg, Michael

Abstract

Based on a series of seven summer workshops on creative writing and pedagogy, this book offers an "inside-out" approach to teaching and writing, an approach that teachers can use for personal growth and self-enrichment as well as for application and inspiration in their public school classrooms. Essays in the book are: (1) "'The Writing's for Us': Granting Ourselves Permission through Personal Narratives" (Michael Steinberg); (2) "Writing the Outdoors: From Journals to Essays" (Robert L. Root, Jr.); (3) "Of Road Kill and Community History: Exploring the Past and Present through Writing" (Stephen N. Tchudi); (4) "Making Poetry: In Search of the Delicate Balance" (Gloria Nixon-John); (5) "Shape, Sound, Form: Crafts from Which to Sing a Poem" (Anne-Marie Oomen and Ruth Nathan); (6)"What We Talk about When We Talk about Writing Fiction" (John Smolens); (7) "Courting the Notion: Anecdotal Writing for Self-Enrichment" (Alan Weber); (8) "Inviting Success: Ways into the Writer Engagement" (Paul Wolbrink); (9) "The Individual Conference in the Writing Center" (John S. Dinan); (10) "Response Groups in the Writing Center" (Michael Bacon); (11) "Creating Our Own: Writing about Literature in Expressive and Imaginative Forms" (Michael Steinberg); (12) "'Well, I Was Born in a Small Town': Popular Media in the Language Arts Classroom" (Robert L. Root, Jr.); (13) "Talking to Yourself in the Car Is Okay: A Workshop about Writing Monologues and Dialogues" (Anne-Marie Oomen); (14) "Going Where the Lightning Is: Fifteen Ways to Start Writing" (Paul Wolbrink); (15) "Writing and Grammar: Bridging the Controversy" (Alan Weber); and (16) "English through the Open Door: Foreign Language in English Language Study" (Marguerite Cotto). Appendixes present examples of teachers' writing, excerpts of learning and reading logs, teaching ideas, and two personal views on organizing and administrating a writing conference by teachers who are also workshop administrators. Contains 35 references. (RS)

Published
1996

21. Once More to the Essay: Prose Models, Textbooks, and Teaching.

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Root, Robert L.

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A study of 24 composition anthologies that reprinted E. B. White's "Once More to the Lake" reveals a number of disturbing assumptions among the editors of these anthologies. Four areas of examinations were concentrated on: (1) classifications of White's essay; (2) thematic categories; (3) suggestions for writing; (4) study apparatuses; and (5) context. Results were disparate; they revealed, for instance, that authors place unreasonable demands on students in the study apparatuses they write. Students must be able to read not only the author's but also the editor's mind. Generally, results showed that if there is some agreement about the reasons students should be assigned readings in a composition course, there is little consensus about what kind of reading White's essay is and what students ought to be gaining by reading it and using it as a stimulus. The attempt to teach critical reading may be valuable for readers; the attempt to apply literary approaches to non-fiction prose may be worthwhile for young literary scholars and critics; the attempt to provide a text for a course in the essay may be attractive; but none of these attempts succeeds very well at getting at the center of the composition course--the student's own writing. Most anthologies have precious little to say about the process of composition. (Contains six tables and 34 references.) (TB)

Published
1990

23. Arsenic in Drinking Water and Diabetes

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Shakya, Aryatara, primary, Dodson, Matthew, additional, Artiola, Janick F., additional, Ramirez-Andreotta, Monica, additional, Root, Robert A., additional, Ding, Xinxin, additional, Chorover, Jon, additional, and Maier, Raina M., additional

Published
2023
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Root, Robert

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2013

26. Two

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Root, Robert

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2013

28. Notes

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Root, Robert

Published
2013

29. Four

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Root, Robert

Published
2013

31. Cover

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Root, Robert

Published
2013

32. Before

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Root, Robert

Published
2013

41. DECISIONS IN THE DARK: A FRAMEWORK FOR DECISION-MAKING IN UNFAMILIAR SITUATIONS

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Root, Robert F., III, Dew, Nicholas, Peters, Lynda A., and National Security Affairs (CHDS)

Subjects
intuition, fire service, decision-making, naturalistic decision-making, complexity, interdisciplinary response
Abstract

This thesis seeks to understand an appropriate decision-making framework for the fire service to use in unfamiliar situations. Firefighters and emergency responders rely on pattern recognition when they are presented with familiar situations; however, relying on such intuition can result in costly time delays. A case study method was used to evaluate decision-making during disasters in the fire service and the mining industry. The fire service cases include the 1949 Mann Gulch Fire and the fire service response to the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center. The mining case studies, both of which occurred in 2010, include the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and the Chilean mine collapse. The fire service cases were assessed to determine which decision-making tools were utilized and what additional factors influenced positive and negative outcomes throughout the events. The mining cases were evaluated to understand organizational structures and response systems. This thesis recommends that fire service leaders utilize expanded interdisciplinary teams to creatively seek alternative solutions when addressing unfamiliar problems. Using such teams will require leaders to expand response frameworks and alter familiar patterns of response to include outside agencies and nontraditional emergency responders. Finally, leaders should deliberately encourage open communication about successes and failures to encourage collaboration and innovation throughout the response. Civilian, Portland Fire and Rescue Approved for public release. Distribution is unlimited.

Published
2022

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