Editor's Introduction Welcome to Micronesian Educator, a journal reporting on educational research and practice in Guam and the Micronesian region . We have three articles in this issue. The first article, entitled From "Esteemed Colleaguesn to "Steamed Col/ix n: Language Use and Accent Awareness in Guam's Colloquial Chamorro English (GCCE), focused on describing the unique phonological features of GCCE, and to describe GCCE's contexts of use. More than one hundred years have passed since Guam became the territory of the United States and Chamorro people of today speak English fluently. The author emphasizes that GCCE is a largely non-stigmatized variety of English whose use and phonological characteristics have not yet been systematically investigated nor documented. This is a very readable article. The second article, entitled Incorporating Sustainability into the Curriculum: The Case of Green Projects in Coursework, is a corporation between the instructor and students in terms of green teaching and learning in the classroom . School teachers enrolled in a graduate course developed a green lesson plan and then conducted their lessons. Given that universities and K12 schools have a crucial and fundamental role to play in preparing the young for a lifetime of sustainable living, the article is a timely work describing how university teachers can incorporate sustainability into their curricula. Going green is everyone's business today.
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The third article is entitled "Share Your Light, Brother": Literary Ecology, Micronesia, and John Edgar Wideman 's Philadelphia Fire. As one of the reviewers admitted, this is a difficult paper to evaluate for publication in the Micronesian Educator. However, it is a very articulate and thoughtful analysis of the novel. The author says: "Given the novel's thematic and structural concern with place and identity ... in this case, one based on Neil Evernden and Joseph Meeker's models of ecological inter-relatedness and the biology of comedy provide the basis for a literary analysis of Philadelphia Fire that dramatically increases its relevance and accessibility to students and teachers in Micronesia." This type of work (literacy criticism) would be unique among publications in this journal. We welcome active responses from our readers , and hope they will be encouraged to submit their work for future issues, so that this publication continues to provide an important medium for sharing empirical research, literature reviews, theoretical perspectives, opinion papers , and practical applications . Finally, I would like to thank all of the authors who contributed to this issue; and all of the reviewers, for their enthusiasm and dedication : without which this journal could not exist. Yukiko Inoue, Ph.D. Editor
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