What Went Right - Lessons From Both Sides of the Teacher''s Desk

Personal and probing, evocative and wide-ranging, the letters that compose this book ask and attempt to answer some timeless-and timely-questions: What makes a teacher or a class memorable? How can the teacher-student relationship be supported and strengthened? What does being "educated" truly mean?

Sommario

Prologue
1: I'm hoping that you remember me
2: The opposite of burnout
3: Drills and dog clickers
4: Beneath, beyond, around the corner
5: To enjoy thinking
6: It bled into our lives
7: In the author's hands
8: The misunderstanding of education
9: The capacities that define us
10: There was no end, it seemed
11: Call it an injustice
12: The poetry inside us
13: Thinking about teachers
14: To take the long view
15: To reach judgments
16: Seduced by "observable goals"
17: How to be human
18: The best lessons
19: The crux of the problem
20: The way we conceptualize the world
21: The exaltation of ignorance
22: A hybrid profession
23: An ongoing, vital conversation
Epilogue
Acknowledgements
Sources and Suggestions for Additional Reading

Info autore

By Roberta Israeloff and George McDermott

Riassunto

Personal and probing, evocative and wide-ranging, the letters that compose this book ask and attempt to answer some timeless-and timely-questions: What makes a teacher or a class memorable? How can the teacher-student relationship be supported and strengthened? What does being "educated" truly mean?

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Roberta Israeloff, Roberta Mcdermott Israeloff, Roberta/ Mcdermott Israeloff, Israeloff Roberta, George McDermott
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.05.2017
• EAN: 9781475834147
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-3414-7
• Pagine: 234
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Categorie: Libri scolastici > Corsi per adulti / università popolare > Materiali per università popolare / materiali per corsi di lingua; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Istruzione; EDUCATION / Administration / General, Teaching skills and techniques, Teaching staff, Teaching skills & techniques, EDUCATION / Teaching / Methods & Strategies, Teaching staff / Educators