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The plight of the new teacher has changed little during the last 30 years. Neophytes still confront the same conflicting demands--to foster students' academic development while controlling their behavior, often in crowded classrooms in ill-equipped and poorly administered schools. Thanks to five books, Isenberg (a 30-year veteran of urban classroom teaching) found solace and support. The five books are
Up The Down Staircase,
Teacher,
How Children Fail,
To Sir With Love, and
36 Children. As teaching narratives, these best-selling writings of classroom teachers are a precious legacy of wisdom, inspiration, and experience.
Going By The Book is the first published account of the role of teaching narratives in the ongoing professional development of a working teacher. It also serves to illustrate the importance of shared stories in maintaining the will to endure in the teaching profession.
List of contents
Preface
Introduction
Stranger in a Strange Land
Packing for the Trip
Transmissionland
Culture: Control and Curriculum
The First Hundred Years
Teacher: Sylvia Ashton-Warner
A Retrospective Response
Teacher Revisited
Up the Down Staircase: Bel Kaufman
A Retrospective Response
Up the Down Staircase Revisited
To Sir, With Love: E.R. Braithwaite
A Retrospective Response
To Sir, With Love Revisited
How Children Fail: John Holt
A Retrospective Response
How Children Fail Revisited
36 Children: Herbert Kohl
A Retrospective Response
36 Children Revisited
Teaching Narratives: Literature and Lore
Writing to Remember
Slave Narratives: Autobiographical Testimony
Teaching Narratives as Testimony
Teacher Authors: Testifiers or Tinkerers?
Teacher Educators: Trustees of the Legacy
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Jane Isenberg
