Images of Schoolteachers in America

Name: Images of Schoolteachers in America
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ISBN: 9780805830873

ISBN-10: 0805830871

ISBN-13: 9780805830873

Edition: 2nd 2001 (Revised)

Authors: Pamela Bolotin Joseph, Gail E. Burnaford, William C. Ayers, Rosalind Benjet, Fletcher Du Bois

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This book explores images of schoolteachers in America from the beginning of the 20th century to the present, using a wide range of approaches to scholarship and writing. It is intended for both experienced and aspiring teachers to use as a springboard for discussion and reflection about the teaching profession and for contemplating these questions: What does it mean to be a teacher? What has influenced and sustained our beliefs about teachers? New in the second edition * The focus is shifted to the teaching profession as the 21st century unfolds. * The volume continues to explore teacher images through various genres--oral history, narrative, literature, and popular…

Book details

List price: $59.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 12/1/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.06" wide x 9.02" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Preface


Prologue



One Hundred Years of Schoolteaching: An Invented Interview



Images in Oral Histories and Narratives



Good Women and Old Stereotypes: Retired Teachers Talk About Teaching




Shifting Images Across the Generations: Conversations With Beginning, Current, and Retired Teachers




Reflections in a Mirror: Metaphors of Teachers and Teaching




Constructing and Discovering Images of Your Teaching




Beyond the Classroom: Progressive Activist Teachers and Images of Experience, Meaning, Purpose, and Identity



Images in Textbooks, Literature, Television, and Film



"The Ideal Teacher": Images in Early 20th-Century Teacher Education Textbooks




The Sentimental Image of the Rural Teacher




And the Oscar Goes to ... Teachers as Supporting Actors in Fiction for Young Adults




"I Will Not Expose the Ignorance of the Faculty": The Simpsons as School Satire




A Teacher Ain't Nothin' but a Hero: Teachers and Teaching in Film




Teachers as Saviors, Teachers Who Care



Epilogue



Responding to Reform: Images for Teaching in the New Millennium



Contributors


Author and Name Index


Subject Index