The courage to teach : exploring the inner landscape of a teacher's life /
Palmer, Parker J.,
The courage to teach : exploring the inner landscape of a teacher's life / Parker J. Palmer. - First edition. - xvii, 199 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-189) and index.
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.
""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 journey toward reconnecting with their vocation and their students -- and recovering their passion for one of the most difficult and important of human endeavors."--Publisher description.
0787910589 9780787910587
97021161
Teachers
Teaching.
Learning.
LB1775 / .P25 1998
371.102
The courage to teach : exploring the inner landscape of a teacher's life / Parker J. Palmer. - First edition. - xvii, 199 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-189) and index.
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.
""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 journey toward reconnecting with their vocation and their students -- and recovering their passion for one of the most difficult and important of human endeavors."--Publisher description.
0787910589 9780787910587
97021161
Teachers
Teaching.
Learning.
LB1775 / .P25 1998
371.102