Full Description
Written by some of the most highly acclaimed teacher-writers, The Jossey-Bass Reader on Teaching includes excerpts from books, essays, and articles that explore the very heart of the teaching experience. This comprehensive resource offers a wide variety of perspectives and insights into the realities of classroom teaching. The volume's contributors are some of the best known teachers and education experts: Parker Palmer, Sylvia Ashton-Warner, William Ayers, Lisa Delpit, Robert L. Fried, Paulo Freire, Maxine Greene, Martin Haverman, Herbert Kohl, Andrew Dean Mullen, James Nehring, Vivian Gussin Paley, Vito Perrone, Mike Rose, Seymour Sarason, and Frank Smith.
Contents
Sources vii
About the Authors ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Foreword xv
Ann Lieberman
Part One What Does It Mean to Teach?
1. The Heart of a Teacher: Identity and Integrity in Teaching 3
Parker J. Palmer
2. The Mystery of Teaching 26
William Ayers
3. Passionate Teaching 38
Robert L. Fried
4. Reading the World/Reading the Word 52
Paulo Freire
5. Teaching as Possibility: A Light in Dark Times 62
Maxine Greene
Part Two Becoming a Teacher
6. Learning to Read 77
Patrick McWilliams
7. Order in the Classroom 80
Andrew Dean Mullen
8. "Welcome to the Sixth Grade" 84
Brad Wilcox
9. Excerpt from White Teacher 88
Vivian Gussin Paley
10. Teachers College and Student Teaching 95
Herbert Kohl
11. Change, Resistance, and Reflection 103
Seymour B. Sarason
12. Is Passionate Teaching for New Teachers, Too? 111
Robert L. Fried
Part Three Developing Your Skills
13. Groups 135
James Nehring
14. Creative Teaching 152
Sylvia Ashton-Warner
15. The Silenced Dialogue: Power and Pedagogy in Educating Other People's Children 166
Lisa Delpit
16. Refining the Craft of Teaching 191
Vito Perrone
17. Calexico, California 204
Mike Rose
18. The Pedagogy of Poverty Versus Good Teaching 239
Martin Haberman
19. The Immensity of Children's Learning 251
Frank Smith
