The Courage to Teach Guide for Reflection and Renewal

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Edition: DVD
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2007-08-17
Publisher(s): Jossey-Bass
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Summary

The Courage to Teach Guide for Reflection and Renewal, 10 th Anniversary Edition, is a superb resource for those who wish to extend their exploration of the ideas in The Courage to Teach, as individuals or as part of a study group.The Guide has been thoroughly updated and expanded to help readers reflect on their teaching and renew their sense of vocation. The Guide proposes practical ways to create safe space for honest reflection and probing conversation, and offers chapter-by-chapter questions and exercises to explore the many insights in The Courage to Teach.The companion DVD brings The Courage to Teach alive through a 70-minute interview with Parker J. Palmer, originally recorded as a resource for the Center for Courage & Renewal (www.CourageRenewal.org). Palmer reflects on a wide range of subjects including the heart of the teacher, the crisis in education, diverse ways of knowing, relationships in teaching and learning, approaches to institutional transformation, and teachers as culture heroes. Discussion questions related to the topics explored in the interview have been integrated into the Guide, giving individuals and study groups a chance to have a conversation with the author as well as an engagement with the text.

Author Biography

Parker J. Palmer is a highly respected writer, lecturer, teacher, and activist. His work speaks deeply to people in many walks of life, including education, medicine, religion, law, philanthropy, the public sector, and social change. Author of seven books, including the bestsellers Let Your Life Speak and A Hidden Wholeness, his writing has been recognized with ten honorary doctorates and a number of national awards. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley and lives in Madison, Wisconsin.

Megan Scribner is a freelance editor and evaluator who works with numerous foundations and educational organizations. She is co-editor (with Sam Intrator) of Teaching with Fire: Poetry That Sustains the Courage to Teach and Leading from Within: Poetry That Sustains the Courage to Lead, and lives in Takoma Park, Maryland.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction
Guidelines for Individual and Group Study
Individual Study
Group Study
Membership and Leadership
Physical Space
Intellectual Space
Emotional Space
Spiritual Space
Six Paradoxes of Space
The Clearness Committee
Touchstones for Creating Safe Spaces
A Word of Encouragement
Questions and Activities for Each Chapter
The Heart of a Teacher: Identity and Integrity in Teaching
A Culture of Fear: Education and the Disconnected Life
The Hidden Wholeness: Paradox in Teaching and Learning
Knowing in Community: Joined by the Grace of Great Things
Teaching in Community: A Subject-Centered Education
Learning in Community: The Conversation of Colleagues
Divided No More: Teaching from a Heart of Hope
Afterword to the Tenth Anniversary Edition: The New Professional: Education for Transformation
Appendixes
A Suggestions for Organizing a Courage to Teach Book Discussion Group, by David Leo-Nyquist
Sample Invitation Letter for a Courage to Teach Book Discussion Group
Sample Follow-Up Letter for a Courage to Teach Book Discussion Group
B The Heart of a Teacher: Identity and Integrity in Teaching (an essay from Change magazine that summarizes The Courage to Teach)
C The Clearness Committee: A Communal Approach to Discernment
D About the Center for Courage & Renewal
E The Courage to Teach: A Retreat Program for Personal Renewal and Institutional Transformation
F Resources for Courage to Teach Discussion Groups
The Authors
About the DVD
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