Mindful Teacher

Name: Mindful Teacher
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ISBN: 9780807750193

ISBN-10: 0807750190

ISBN-13: 9780807750193

Edition: 2010

Authors: Elizabeth MacDonald, Dennis Shirley, Kirsten Olson

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The authors, one an urban public school teacher in Boston and the other a professor of education at Boston College, define and articulate the idea of "alienated teaching" and offer a means to counter it. Alienated teaching is what teachers do when they feel that they must comply with external conditions that they have not chosen and from which they inwardly dissent because they do not believe that new policies and reforms serve their students well. Funded by a grant from the Boston Collaborative Fellows, the authors examine the effects of top-down policy mandates on classroom teachers. "Mindful teaching" is a way for teachers to learn how to incorporate appropriately, reforms and mandates…

Book details

List price: $33.50
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Publication date: 10/1/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 112
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English

Elizabeth MacDonald is associate professor of urban design at the University of California, Berkeley. She is a registered architect and partner in the firm Cityworks.

Dennis Shirley was a teacher at the Ecole d'HumanitÃ© and is currently Assistant Professor of Education at Rice University.



Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Great Divide



Growing Into Mindful Teaching



Practicing Mindfully



The Seven Synergies of Mindful Teaching



Mindful Teacher Leadership


References


Index


About the Authors