The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life

Type

Book

Authors

Palmer, Parker J.

ISBN 10

0787910589

ISBN 13

9780787910587

Tags

Education, Religion & Spirituality, Instruction Methods, Certification & Development, Christianity, Teaching, Learning, Teachers

Abstract

"This book is for teachers who have good days and bad ---- and whose bad days bring the suffering that comes only from something one loves. It is for teachers who refuse to harden their hearts, because they love learners, learning, and the teaching life. " -- Parker J.
Takes teachers on an inner journey toward reconnecting with their vocation and their students

Description

Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Palmer, Parker J.
Courage to teach.
San Francisco, Calif. : Jossey-Bass, ©1998
(OCoLC)622070518
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Parker J Palmer
ISBN: 0787910589 9780787910587
OCLC Number: 37221159
Description: xvii, 199 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents: The heart of a teacher : identity & integrity in teaching --
Culture of fear : education and the disconnected life --
The hidden wholeness : paradox in teaching and learning --
Knowing in community : joined by the grace of great thing --
Teaching in community : a subject-centered education --
Learning in community : the conversation of colleagues --
Divided no more : teaching from the heart of hope.
Other Titles: Exploring the inner landscape of a teacher's life
Responsibility: Parker J. Palmer.

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