The setting is a region quite different from Dalton, and the private college is different from Dalton College. However, the act and art of teaching as carried out by the main character raises questions common to our profession and teaching experiences. Lucy, new to her position as a teacher of English, is fresh from doctoral studies. She articulates her insights into teaching in ways that inform even the most experienced among us. Lucy makes me laugh out loud as well as appreciate some previously unreflected classroom experiences.
Academic Leaders Talk about What Works .
The result is a variety of perspectives and strategies found helpful in meeting the challenge of assuring student learning and addressing the implications for teaching on a variety of campuses. Her suggested strategies are practical. They address the real-life situations we meet in our classrooms and on our campuses each day. Morey, Ann and Margie K. Kitano. Longwood Division, Allyn and Bacon, 1997.