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(Pedagogy)
Philosophy and Nonsense
Thoughts about
writing, education, and experience
Presented by
Forrest D. Poston
The first goal of teaching is to strengthen, deepen and refine our intrinsic love of learning. All other goals and all methods must stem from that idea. Any that do not support that goal must at least be questioned and adjusted, if not eliminated. Otherwise, we are not teaching but training. E-mail Home Page |
| The Cat
With a Bucket List |
Looking into Poetry: Introduction to the Series |
| Quick
Grammar: "You, and Me, and I" |
Eyes on
the Story: "Sour Notes in Mr. Holland's Opus" |
| Eyes on
the Story: "Endings: Trick or Twist?" |
Eyes on
the Story: "Archie's Decision in 'Field of Dreams'" |
| Writing
Beyond the Grade: "The Joy of No Meaning" |
Looking
into Poetry: "Lewis Carroll, e e cummings, Form, and Nonsense" |
| Looking
into Poetry: "Shakespeare Meets Elton John" |
Looking
into Poetry: "Wallace Stevens and 'The Poems of our Climate'" |
| Looking
into Poetry: "A Look at Sylvia Plath's 'Winter Landscape, with Rooks'" |
"The
Cor-purr-ate Story, Glyph's Rise to Power" |
| Quick Grammar: "A Punctuation Secret" |
Writing Beyond the Grade: Right Word, Right Spot |
| Looking Into Poetry: "Nothing Gold Can Stay" and the Delightful Danger of Art |
Looking Into Poetry: Playing with Poetry Using Linebreakes |
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| Writing and Education Autobiography Challenge Considering Conclusions Considering Introductions Four Meanings of Life Godot and the Great Pumpkin A Major is More Minor Than You Think The Poetry Process (A look at 4 versions of a poem.) Thoughts About Picking a Major Quick Points About Education Quick Points About Writing Reading Poetry and Cloud Watching Revising Revision Reviving Experience Reviving Symbolism Using an Audience Videos What Makes a Story True? What's the Subject of This Class? (Being revised.) Why Write? Writing and Einstein (The Difference Between Information and Meaning) Writing and the Goldilocks Dilemma Links to Other Sites |
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E-mail Other Essays and Poetry Something Somewhat Vaguely Like a Resume Being Like Children Beyond the Genes (Dad) The Blessing and the Blues Bookin' Down Brown Street The Cat With a Bucket List David and the Revelation The Dawn, the Dark, and the Horse I Didn't Ride In On (an odd, meandering, semi-romantic story) Getting a Clue Ghost Dancer in the Twilight Zone The Hair Connection and the Nature of Choices The Mug, the Magic, and the Mistake Sadie on the Bridge Trumpet Player, USDA Approved Videos Poetry Selected Poems The Poetry Process Writing by Current or Former Students Ms. Write Meets Her Match in Jr. Ms. Write Now by Heide Perry I'll Just Have Cats by Cara Hummel Toys to Toys by Allyson Bowlds Scribbles and Bits Links to Other Sites |