Exit Narratives

Reflections of Four Retired Teachers

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

Av Nathalis G. Wamba, Ursula Foster, Elena Davis, Jackquelynn Jones, Barbara Storck

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Exit Narratives examines what constitutes good teaching and engaged learning and how to use this knowledge to support teachers in their efforts to create learning environments that encourage academic mastery and nourish students as social beings. The authors explore a range of issues: why they became teachers, their first years of teaching, what worked for them, the micropolitics of teacher interactions, becoming proficient teachers, as well as their last year of teaching and what they did next. These former teachers took a stand in their careers to create a better environment for both teaching and learning.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2010-06-14
Mått154 x 232 x 10 mm
Vikt272 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor160
FörlagUniversity Press of America
ISBN9780761851158

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Nathalis G. Wamba is associate professor in the Department of Educational and Community Programs at Queens College, NY. He lives with his wife and their two children in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.Ursula Foster was a New York City public school teacher for eighteen years. She also taught in Heilbronn, Germany and at Teachers College in Nakaseke, Uganda. She is currently the administrator of "Remember to Share," an educational grant foundation.Elena Davis taught in the New York City public schools for thirty years. During her career, she mentored undergraduate and graduate students from CCNY, Fordham University and Teachers College Columbia University. She currently spends quality time with her three daughters and works to improve the quality of life for the elderly in her community.Jackquelynn Jones joined the New York City Education Department in 1990, working primarily in the early childhood classes. Retiring in 2004, she served as an English Academic Specialist in Doha, Qatar for a year. She currently works as a teaching artist in NYC schools.Barbara Storck taught for thirty-two years in the New York public school system and was an award-winning math teacher.

Chapter 1 AcknowledgmentsChapter 2 IntroductionChapter 3 1. Competent TeacherChapter 4 2. Why Me?Chapter 5 3. My First Year TeachingChapter 6 4. What Worked for Me?Chapter 7 5. The Cautionary TalesChapter 8 6. Becoming a Competant TeacherChapter 9 7. My Last Year TeachingChapter 10 8. My First Year OutChapter 11 9. ConclusionChapter 12 10. ReflectionChapter 13 Epilogue: Students We RememberChapter 14 References

?a definite major contribution to our understanding of what makes great teachers and how to structure student centered classroom that excites and engages students and their parents in learning. By releasing teachers voices-willingness to break the silence —- the text challenges and explodes the myth of the anti-intellectual teacher by the reader journeying with teachers way beyond the drab dribble of professional staff underdevelopment to becoming warrior intellectual in charge of their own destinies thus laying a foundation for student emulation. It also reveals teachers as life long learners and the insatiable thirst for knowledge...