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Thursday, September 9, 2010

ASCD Inservice: A Classroom for Living (1954)

ASCD Inservice: A Classroom for Living (1954)

A Classroom for Living (1954)

There's certainly no shortage of articles advising teachers on how to best create an inviting classroom conducive to learning. But looking back at Lucy Nulton's treatise on the topic, "A Classroom for Living," from the February 1954 Educational Leadership, it's hard not to think her treatment was truly original.

Read the article: A Classroom for Living (PDF)

Opening with the question, "What teacher has not longed for a pleasanter, more effective classroom?" Nulton paints an evocative picture of a classroom as it exists before the application of her advice. In this troubled classroom, everything is