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  • The Courage to Teach

  • Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life
  • Written by: Parker J. Palmer
  • Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
  • Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (13 ratings)

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The Courage to Teach

Written by: Parker J. Palmer
Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
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Publisher's Summary

This book builds on a simple premise: good teaching cannot be reduced to technique but is rooted in the identity and integrity of the teacher. Good teaching takes myriad forms but good teachers share one trait: they are authentically present in the classroom, in community with their students and their subject. They possess "a capacity for connectedness" and are able to weave a complex web of connections between themselves, their subjects, and their students, helping their students weave a world for themselves. Connections made by good teachers are held not in their methods but in their hearts - the place where intellect, emotion, spirit, and will converge in the human self - when we choose to live authentic lives.
©2007 John Wiley and Sons, Inc. (P)2009 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

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"A profoundly moving, utterly passionate, and inspired articulation of the call to, and the pain and joy of, teaching. It is must reading for any and every teacher, at any level." (Jon Kabat-Zinn, author of Wherever You Go, There You Are)
"Evokes the heart of what teachers really do, and does so in a vivid, compelling, and soulful way." (Robert Coles, Harvard University)

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Refreshing approach to teaching!

This is a wonderful book encouraging teachers to come with their whole selfs to teaching. It is life giving and hopeful.

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