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Author Palmer, Parker J.

Title The courage to teach : exploring the inner landscape of a teacher's life / Parker J. Palmer
Edition First edition
Published San Francisco, Calif. : Jossey-Bass, [1998]
©1998

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 W'PONDS  371.102 Pal/Ctt  AVAILABLE
Description xvii, 201 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-189) and index
Notes Also available electronically
Subject Learning.
Teachers -- Training of.
Teachers.
Teaching.
Teachers.
Education -- trends.
Education.
Learning -- physiology.
Learning.
Teaching.
LC no. 97021161
ISBN 0787910589 (cloth : acid-free paper)