Comments on: Teacher Time

By: marc

marc — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 04:34:48 +0000

certainly, there is no reason why the author needs to generate the guide — I have many guides on my own site which I’ve asked others to create for me. But the problem is that, now, guides are haphazard, not part of a consistent strategy developed by the publisher to work with teachers.

By: Betty Ann

Betty Ann — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 10:15:38 +0000

There are people who are skilled in creating discussion guides for the classroom that can make the use of nonfiction (and fiction) books more accessible to the classroom teacher. The author is not necessarily the best source for these guides. I would encourage authors to ask their editors to find people to write these guides and thus ease the way into the classroom for their books. Wouldn’t this enlarge the market as well?

By: marc

marc — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:02:31 +0000

Jenni: I agree completely — now we just have to create a model to show teachers, schools, administrators how it is done.

By: Jenni

Jenni — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:59:58 +0000

I would love to incorporate more nonfiction research within my classroom. It would be nice to see more teachers using nonfiction books to guide their students, rather then lecturing.