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    The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life

    By Parker J. Palmer

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    "This book is for teachers who have good days and bad — andwhose bad days bring the suffering that comes only from somethingone 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]

    For many years, Parker Palmer has worked on behalf of teachersand others who choose their vocations for reasons of the heart butmay lose heart because of the troubled, sometimes toxic systems inwhich they work. Hundreds of thousands of readers have benefitedfrom his approach in THE COURAGE TO TEACH, which takes teachers onan inner journey toward reconnecting with themselves, theirstudents, their colleagues, and their vocations, and reclaimingtheir passion for one of the most challenging and important ofhuman endeavors.

    This book builds on a simple premise: good teaching cannot bereduced to technique but is rooted in the identity and integrity ofthe teacher. Good teaching takes myriad forms but good teachersshare one trait: they are authentically present in the classroom,in community with their students and their subject. They possess "acapacity for connectedness" and are able to weave a complex web ofconnections between themselves, their subjects, and their students,helping their students weave a world for themselves. Theconnections made by good teachers are held not in their methods butin their hearts — the place where intellect, emotion, spirit,and will converge in the human self — supported by thecommunity that emerges among us when we choose to live authenticlives.

    BONUS: Includes an audio CD featuring a 45-minute conversationbetween Parker Palmer and his colleagues, Marcy Jackson and EstrusTucker from the Center for Courage & Renewal. They reflect onwhat they have learned from working with thousands of teachers intheir "Courage to Teach" program (www.CourageRenewal.org)and withothers who yearn for greater integrity in their professionallives.

    Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials arenot included as part of eBook file.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWiley
    Release dateJun 8, 2010
    ISBN9780470894026
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    The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life
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    Parker J. Palmer

    Parker J. Palmer, a popular speaker and educator, is also the author of The Active Life. He received the 1993 award for "Outstanding Service to Higher Education" from the Council of Independent Colleges.

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    • 5/5
      This book was both relevant and timely to my own approach and problems in teaching. This is a wonderful book, and many teachers & educational leaders would do well to read it and take it to heart.
    • 3/5
      I've heard everyone and their brother say that The Courage to Teach is a must-read for anyone in education, but I just couldn't get into it. I definitely found some gems, but Palmer's thoughts were not terribly well organized and he often repeated points. I didn't hate it, it just felt a lot longer than its 200-something pages. Maybe because classroom teaching is only one part of my job rather than the majority of it, I didn't relate well enough. I don't know. Educators should still read it, even if it's only so you can be a part of the conversation about it.
    • 5/5
      Beautiful for leaders to read as we are all, always teaching.
    • 4/5
      An excellent treatise on the art and science of teaching. Chapter two about teaching in the Culture of Fear was especially insightful. While this one is a little dated, the concepts and principles are timeless.
    • 4/5
      I have read and re-read this wonderful volume--both on my own and in conjunction with educator colleagues from several schools. I have highlighted and re-highlighted many passages. This book really bears re-reading well. To me, that attests to its lasting value.One of my favorite excerpts, for instance, is this one (which falls on pp. 107 - 108 of Courage to Teach):"When we are at our best, it is because the grace of great things has evoked from us the virtues that give educational community its finest form:* We invite diversity into our community not because it is politically correct but because diverse viewpoints are demanded by the manifold mysteries of great things.* We embrace ambiguity not because we are confused or indecisive but because we understand the inadequacy of our own concepts to embrace the vastness of great things.* We welcome creative conflict not because we are angry or hostile but because conflict is required to correct our biases and prejudices about the nature of great things.* We practice honesty not only because we owe it to one another but because to lie about what we have seen would be to betray the truth of great things.* We experience humility not because we have fought and lost but because humility is the only lens through which great things can be seen--and once we have seen them, humility is the only posture possible...."
    • 5/5
      Great book for teachers, or ayone who cares about what they do and integrity.
    • 4/5
      Parker Palmer has a big vocabulary and makes you pull out the dicionary every now and then, but reading this book is a must for any current or future teacher. Teaching is a calling based around the love of students and subject. Reading Palmer is like mining for gold; a lot of work with rich rewards.
    • 4/5
      Just a great inspirational read when life as a teacher gets tough.
    • 5/5
      I read this book sometime during my second year of university teaching. I couldn't understand the conflicting feelings I had about teaching -- some days I felt like such a "phony" standing in front of these students presuming to teach them anything and other days I felt like a master teacher. Reading Parker J. Palmer's "The Courage to Teach" set my mind at ease. Here was someone who had been teaching much longer than me yet he still had days when he felt he had failed his students. This book is a good reminder of why we choose to teach and a great encouragement to keep teaching.
    • 5/5
      For anybody who is thinking of being a teacher, an educator, or a facilitator of learning.