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

Name: Courage to Teach Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life
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ISBN: 9780787910587

ISBN-10: 0787910589

ISBN-13: 9780787910587

Edition: 1998

Authors: Parker J. Palmer

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"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. Palmer [from the Introduction] Teachers choose their vocation for reasons of the heart, because they care deeply about their students and about their subject. But the demands of teaching cause too many educators to lose heart. Is it possible to take heart in teaching once more so that we can continue to do what good teachers always do -- give heart to our students? In The Courage to Teach, Parker Palmer takes teachers on an inner…

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List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/5/1997
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Foreword to the Tenth Anniversary Edition


Gratitudes


Introduction: Teaching from Within



The Heart of a Teacher: Identity and Integrity in Teaching



A 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 Things



Teaching in Community: A Subject-Centered Education



Learning in Community: The Conversation of Colleagues



Divided No More: Teaching from a Heart of Hope


Afterword: The New Professional: Education for Transformation


Notes


The Author


The Center for Courage & Renewal


About the CD


Index