About View from My Classroom

Editor
David L. Byrum
Department of Chemistry
The University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona 85721

Through this feature, high school teachers from around the world open their classrooms and share their philosophies, lessons, teaching techniques, knowledge, and personal experiences with others.

Mission Statement
Through this feature, high school teachers from around the world open their classrooms and share their philosophies, lessons, teaching techniques, knowledge, and personal experiences with others. Published articles include a wide range of content from the very general, "Why do we have to know this stuff?" (1992, 69, 737) and "I Remember a Single Red Rose" (1990, 67, 494), to the very specific, "Transmuted Labs" (1996, 73, 451) and "Final Analysis-Rethinking an Age-Old Practice" (1995, 72, 816).

Since this column is atypical in that its focus is far broader than is usual, potential authors are highly encouraged to contact the editor with their ideas even if they have not formally expressed their thoughts in written form. Realizing that the publishing process is often foreign to secondary school teachers, advice can be provided to help focus the article's possible content, to provide information in regard to the proper method of preparing a manuscript for review, to assist in the critiquing and revising of the manuscript both before and after it is reviewed, and to inform authors of how the reviewing process is conducted. The nature of this column allows for a wider range of writing styles than one might normally expect to see in a scholarly journal.

Secondary school teaching can often present a different atmosphere, a different set of challenges, and a different set of experiences than may be found at other levels. Journal readers at the secondary, university, middle school, and elementary school levels can learn and benefit from the knowledge and experiences of others, and the "View" column is the venue through which these experiences can be shared.