Parker J. Palmer & Megan Scribner 
The Courage to Teach Guide for Reflection and Renewal, 20th Anniversary Edition [PDF ebook] 

FOREWORD vii
INTRODUCTION 1
PART ONE Guidelines for Individual and Group Study 7
Individual Study 8
Group Study 9
Membership and Leadership
Physical Space
Intellectual Space
Emotional Space
Spiritual Space
Six Paradoxes of Space
The Clearness Committee
Touchstones for Creating Safe Spaces
A Word of Encouragement 19
PART TWO Questions and Activities for Each Chapter 21
I The Heart of a Teacher: Identity and Integrity in Teaching 25
II A Culture of Fear: Education and the Disconnected Life 35
III The Hidden Wholeness: Paradox in Teaching and Learning 45
IV Knowing in Community: Joined by the Grace of Great Things 51
V Teaching in Community: A Subject-Centered Education 59
VI Learning in Community: The Conversation of Colleagues 65
VII Divided No More: Teaching from a Heart of Hope 73
Afterword to the Tenth Anniversary Edition: The New Professional: Education for Transformation 81
APPENDIXES 93
A Suggestions for Organizing a Courage to Teach
Book Discussion Group, by David Leo-Nyquist 95
Sample Invitation Letter for a Courage to Teach
Book Discussion Group
Sample Follow-Up Letter for a Courage to Teach
Book Discussion Group
B The Heart of a Teacher: Identity and Integrity in Teaching (an essay from Change magazine that summarizes The Courage to Teach) 101
C The Clearness Committee: A Communal Approach to Discernment 123
D About the Center for Courage & Renewal 143
E The Courage to Teach: A Retreat Program for Personal Renewal and Institutional Transformation, by Parker J. Palmer 147
F Resources for Courage to Teach Discussion Groups 157
THE AUTHORS 171
ABOUT THE COMPANION MEDIA 175

PARKER J. PALMER is a highly respected writer, lecturer, teacher, and activist. He is founder and Senior Partner of the Center for Courage & Renewal, which offers long-term retreat programs for people in the serving professions, including teachers, administrators, physicians, philanthropists, nonprofit leaders, and clergy. Author of nine books, including Let Your Life Speak, A Hidden Wholeness, Healing the Heart of Democracy, and The Heart of Higher Education, Palmer has been recognized with thirteen honorary doctorates and a number of national awards. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley and lives in Madison, Wisconsin.
MEGAN SCRIBNER is a freelance writer and editor with over 30 years of experience working with a wide range of authors and organizations. She is co-editor with Sam Intrator of the books Teaching with Heart, Teaching with Fire, and Leading from Within, and lives in Takoma Park, Maryland.