What keeps teachers going?

9780807743119
0807743119

xiii, 161 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 152) and index

Teaching as Evolution
Lessons Learned Along the Way
The Promise of Multicultural Education
The Sociopolitical Context of Education
Teachers Make a Difference
Teaching as Autobiography
Remembering What Brought Them to Teaching
Teacher Autobiographies
Sidewalk School / Sonia Nieto
My Journey / Junia Yearwood
I Teach Who I Am / Stephen Gordon
The Power of Connection / Claudia Bell
The Book Chart / Anne Lundberg
Postscript: A Response from the Editor
Teaching as Love
Effective Teachers of Urban Students
Respecting and Affirming Students' Identities
Care and Respect: Beyond Hugs and Other Displays of Affection
Judith Baker's Tough Problem
Educational Reform and Caring
My Persistent Dilemma / Claudia Bell
On Teaching Metaphors and Caring
Teaching as Gardening / Junia Yearwood
"A Fundamental Belief" in Students
Teaching as Hope and Possibility
The Promise of Public Education
Education Was My Way Out / Sonie Felix
Faith in Their Own Abilities as Teachers
Confidence in Colleagues and the Next Generation of Teachers
"You Heal, You Help, You Love ..."
Teaching as Anger and Desperation
When Teachers Are Angry
Bureaucratic Restructuring
The More Things Change ... / Karen Gelzinis
The Nature of "The System"
On Homemade Protractors and the Will to Fight / Karen Gelzinis
Indignity at the Lack of Respect
Desperation
Considering Retirement at 26 / Sonie Felix
Moving Beyond the Anger
Teaching as Intellectual Work
The Need for Adult Conversations
The Call to Write
Understanding Through Writing / Stephen Gordon
Writing to Improve Curriculum
Puerto Rican Arts in a Social Context / Patty Bode
Is Teaching Rational? / Stephen Gordon
Obsessed by Mindful Teaching / Stephen Gordon
Sustaining Community in Teaching
Teaching as Democratic Practice
The Struggle for Equal Education
Racism in Schools and Society
Teaching as Educational Justice
Letter to a New Teacher / Stephen Gordon
Teaching for Democracy
A Way to Live in the World / Mary Cowhey
Finding Equilibrium
Teaching as Shaping Futures
The Power of Their Words / Junia Yearwood
Teachers Change Lives Forever / Karen Gelzinis
Teachers Change Lives Forever
Final Thoughts: What Keeps Teachers Going in Spite of Everything?
Lessons from the Work of Teachers
Rethinking Professional Development
Restructuring Schools
Developing New National Priorities for Teaching

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