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The courage to teach : exploring the inner landscape of a teacher's life / Parker J. Palmer.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: San Francisco, Calif. : Jossey-Bass, [1998]Copyright date: ©1998Edition: First editionDescription: xvii, 199 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0787910589
  • 9780787910587
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 371.102 21
LOC classification:
  • LB1775 .P25 1998
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: ""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.
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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.

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