Teachers Need to Share Their Ideas

Gardiner, S (2008).Teachers need to share their ideas. Phi Delta Kappan. 89, 760.
The author requests from teachers to share their stories and publish them instead of reading publication written by college professors, administrators, or representative of national committees. He thinks that when teachers fail to share their ideas, experiences, and to voice their opinions by writing articles for educational journals, they deny their colleagues access to reliable, valuable, and direct sources of information. He believes that, teachers are the ones who test, modify and clarify lessons everyday. They are inside the field of the game which is the classroom. He also encourages teachers to take control over their own profession by controlling the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, because they form the majority.
The author mentioned the advantages of sharing articles with colleagues and students by writing about his own experience when he used to teach in a graduate-level night class on how to write for educational journals. I think that, the writer was very successful in bringing this issue. He is clear in his message and objective and as a teacher I believe his suggestions and advice are valuable and persuasive.
About the Writer:
Steve Gardiner teaches English and journalism at Billings Senior High School in Billings, Mont. He is the author of Building Students Literacy through Sustained Silent Reading.