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The Courage to Teach: 
Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life
     
    by Parker Palmer
    Hardcover, 256 pages
    Published by Jossey-Bass Publishers
    Publication date: January 1998
    ISBN: 0787910589

    This book is new this year, and we are in the process of reading it now.  It’s one of those books that is easily readable, but also takes a bit of time to digest because it is so thoughtful and insightful. 
     

    Table of Contents 
    Gratitudes 
    Introduction: Teaching from Within 
    I. The Heart of a Teacher: Identity and Integrity in Teaching 
    II. A Culture of Fear: Education and the Disconnected Life 
    III. The Hidden Wholeness: Paradox in Teaching and Learning 
    IV. Knowing in Community: Joined by the Grace of Great Things 
    V. Teaching in Community: A Subject-Centered Education 
    VI. Learning in Community: The Conversation of Colleagues 
    VII. Divided No More: Teaching from a Heart of Hope 
    Notes 
    The Author 

    Index 

    Card catalog description 
    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. 

    Other books by Parker Palmer:
    To Know As We Are Known : Education As a Spiritual Journey
    The Active Life : Wisdom for Work, Creativity and Caring


 
 
 

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