Jossey-Bass Reader on Teaching

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• Sources viiAbout the Authors ixAcknowledgments xiiiForeword xvAnn LiebermanPart One What Does It Mean to Teach?1. The Heart of a Teacher: Identity and Integrity in Teaching 3Parker J. Palmer2. The Mystery of Teaching 26William Ayers3. Passionate Teaching 38Robert L. Fried4. Reading the World/Reading the Word 52Paulo Freire5. Teaching as Possibility: A Light in Dark Times 62Maxine GreenePart Two Becoming a Teacher6. Learning to Read 77Patrick McWilliams7. Order in the Classroom 80Andrew Dean Mullen8. “Welcome to the Sixth Grade” 84Brad Wilcox9. Excerpt from White Teacher 88Vivian Gussin Paley10. Teachers College and Student Teaching 95Herbert Kohl11. Change, Resistance, and Reflection 103Seymour B. Sarason12. Is Passionate Teaching for New Teachers, Too? 111Robert L. FriedPart Three Developing Your Skills13. Groups 135James Nehring14. Creative Teaching 152Sylvia Ashton-Warner15. The Silenced Dialogue: Power and Pedagogy in Educating Other People’s Children 166Lisa Delpit16. Refining the Craft of Teaching 191Vito Perrone17. Calexico, California 204Mike Rose18. The Pedagogy of Poverty Versus Good Teaching 239Martin Haberman19. The Immensity of Children’s Learning 251Frank Smith

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