Courage to Teach Guide for Reflection and Renewal

Name: Courage to Teach Guide for Reflection and Renewal
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ISBN: 9780787996871

ISBN-10: 0787996874

ISBN-13: 9780787996871

Edition: 10th 2007

Authors: Parker J. Palmer, Megan Scribner

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Exploring the inner landscape of a teacher's life is difficult to do alone or without guidance for reflecting on what THE COURAGE TO TEACH means to the reader. This guide is a welcome resource for those who wish to extend their exploration beyond just reading the book, individually or within a study group. Includes a DVD featuring an interview with Parker Palmer discussing the crisis in education, the heart of a teacher, ways of knowing, the importance of relationship in teaching and learning, teacher renewal, and spirituality in education.

Book details

List price: $18.95
Edition: 10th
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/17/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 6.02" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.594



Foreword


Introduction



Guidelines for Individual and Group Study


Individual Study


Group Study


Membership and Leadership


Physical Space


Intellectual Space


Emotional Space


Spiritual Space


Six Paradoxes of Space


The Clearness Committee


Touchstones for Creating Safe Spaces


A Word of Encouragement



Questions and Activities for Each Chapter



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 to the Tenth Anniversary Edition: The New Professional: Education for Transformation


Appendixes


A Suggestions for Organizing a Courage to Teach Book Discussion Group, by David Leo-Nyquist


Sample Invitation Letter for a Courage to Teach Book Discussion Group


Sample Follow-Up Letter for a Courage to Teach Book Discussion Group


B The Heart of a Teacher: Identity and Integrity in Teaching (an essay from Change magazine that summarizes The Courage to Teach)


C The Clearness Committee: A Communal Approach to Discernment


D About the Center for Courage & Renewal


E The Courage to Teach: A Retreat Program for Personal Renewal and Institutional Transformation



F Resources for Courage to Teach Discussion Groups


The Authors


About the DVD