‘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.
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction: Teaching From Within.
The Heart of a Teacher: Identity and Integrity in Teaching.
A 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 Things.
Teaching in Community: A Subject-Centered Education.
Learning in Community: The Conversation of Colleagues.
Divided No More: Teaching from a Heart of Hope.
Over de auteur
PARKER J. PALMER is a highly respected writer who works indep Andently on issues in education, community, spirituality, and social change; he offers lectures, workshops, and retreats across the country. In 1998, The Leadership Project, a survey of 11, 000 educators, named Dr. Palmer as one of the thirty most influential senior leaders in higher education and one of ten key ‘ag Anda-setters’ of the past decade: He has inspired a generation of teachers and reformers with evocative visions of community, knowing, and spiritual wholeness. Dr. Palmer is senior associate of the American Association for Higher Education and senior advisor to the Fetzer Institute, for whom he designed the Teacher Formation Program for K-12 teachers. Author of such widely-praised books as The Company of Strangers, The Active Life, and To Know As We Are Known, he holds a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley. He lives in Madison, Wisconsin.
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