My Life in the Classroom and Studio

It has been a hope of Loyola University Chicago Professor Emeritusof Education and former School of Education dean Gerald L. Gutek to have a teacher analyze his own education according tothe educational methodologies which were presented to him andthis is one goal author James Edward Cleland has with this bookMy Life in the Classroom and Studio: A Teacher s Memoir. Cleland describes those relevant methodologies he experienced whileteaching at Loyola University Chicago, Notre Dame de ChicagoAcademy also in Chicago and at Loyola Academy in Wilmette,Illinois and in addition Cleland includes significant educationalexperiences which informed and enriched his learning while astudent at St. Norbert School in Northbrook, Illinois and as astudent at Glenbrook North High School in District 225 of theState of Illinois. The author shares how he added an architectureand design division to the Fine Arts department at Loyola Academyand hopes other schools will follow this successful model.