A word about a teacher

A word about words.

The title of my paper comes from an essay by Václav Havel. In his essay, Havel addressed most evocatively the question of the unique power of words for thinking and to influence, for good or for harm, as well as to inform and to educate. As analysts our medium is the word. I suggest that it is of inestimable importance that we are able to listen deeply to our patients' words and to be aware of ...

A Final Word about Stories

I STARTED THIS series talking about stories—how we learn best from hearing what others like us have experienced. I often rail at our community for not encouraging a more scienti c approach to decisionmaking. A question I commonly ask is, “How many of you looked at the randomized, double-blind, controlled experiments that clearly show that is better than <whatever you were...

A Word or Two about Gardening

Teacher attitudes about classroom conditions

Purpose – This research was designed to investigate the possible relationship between the attitudes, teachers have about the condition of their classrooms when the classrooms were independently assessed. Previous research reported teachers in unsatisfactory classrooms felt frustrated and neglected to such an extent that they sometimes reported they were willing to leave the teaching profession....

A Word or Two about Gardening