Dr. Walter D. Pierce is a professor emeritus from Illinois State University where he taught undergraduate and graduate classes in Teaching Methods, Curriculum Theory, Educational Research and Supervision of Instruction. He has co-authored or authored four education textbooks and over thirty articles and papers published in professional journals or presented at education conferences. During his twenty-three year tenure at Illinois State University he was twice named Teacher of the Year in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, and one year honored as Teacher of the Year in the College of...