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Eliot Wigginton (Author)
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Foxfire, a magazine started by Wigginton to interest and motivate students in his ninth and tenth grade English classes, has been hailed as an outstanding educational experiment. It included creative work by students in his and other high schools and by professional writers and artists, as well as feature articles and photographs centered on the surrounding community and its history. Wigginton recounts the history of Foxfire along with his personal observations as a teacher, explains his philosophy of education, and cites examples of this philosophy at work in several other schools. He also describes a sample course based on the Foxfire experience and gives suggestions for integrating the techniques into the whole curriculum. Teachers, administrators, and those involved in oral and local history projects will find much of value here. Shirley L. Hopkinson, Library & Information Science Div., California State Univ., San Jose
Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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  • Paperback
  • Publisher: Anchor (August 19, 1986)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0385133596
  • ISBN-13: 978-0385133593
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.8 x 1.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,162,960 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars The Struggles of Teaching, June 1, 2002
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This review is from: Sometimes a Shining Moment (Paperback)
Sometimes a Shining Moment examines one English teacher's struggles in the classroom as he puts together a student-run literary magazine that becomes a national hit - The Foxfire Books.

The book is filled with innovative, practical ideas that can be implemented in the student-centered classroom - a class where students are empowered and so busy that there is no time for discipline problems.

Wigginton stresses the philosophies of Dewey - treating students as adults, giving them responsibility, teaching them interdisciplinary skills and showing them that you, as a teacher, care about them, can learn with them, and that you are human.

This text should be required reading in all college teacher education programs.

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