The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life

It is for teachers who refuse to harden their hearts, because they love learners, learning, and the teaching life.” 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. The 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 — supported by the community that emerges among us when we choose to live authentic lives. The special 20th Anniversary edition will be perfect as a gift for

A fountain of profound knowledge Parker J. Palmer's The Courage to Teach is a book absolutely critical for someone in a teaching position, or interested in teaching. However, though it is about teaching, anyone and everyone can benefit from reading it. It transcends the subject of teaching and is applicable to life in general. The book is, and I am not exaggerating, a fountain of profound knowledge.Palmer talks about the flaws of objectivism and its effect on the teacher's mind, as well as the student's mind (and really, on the aver. jes said A Must for Every Teacher. Parker Palmer is one of my favorite writers. This is a book to listen to at least once a year (if you're a teacher). It's inspiring and reminds me of what's truly important in the classroom, especially after a semester with a bunch of disgruntled, self-entitled students. I consider it almost a self-help book, one that keeps me passionate about teaching even when teaching is getting me down.I must say a lot of people have majorly misunderstood Palmer in this book. It's important to read carefully and . Andrew N. Carpenter said The intellectual, emotional and spiritual depths of teaching. Remarkable teachers, Palmer believes, are a pragmatic lot who do whatever it takes and often fail. Along the way they may find themselves begging, cajoling, and expressing their own gratitude, fearfulness, and ignorance. All of them eschew mere technique and aspire to make their teaching an intensely spiritual experience: they allow teaching to transform their innermost selves. Palmer's challenge to each educator is to acknowledge that knowing one's students and knowing one's subject requires the dee

The connections made by good teachers are held not in their methods but in their hearts--the place where intellect and emotion and spirit and will converge in the human self. Teachers are encouraged to turn their inquiring minds inward--developing a deeper understanding of what it means to fulfill the spiritual calling of teaching. --Gail Hudson. Good teachers share one trait, says author Parker Palmer, they are able to weave a complex web of connections among themselves, their subjects, and their students, so that students can learn to weave a world for themselves. The premise is concise and unarguable: good teaching comes from the identity and the integrity of the teacher. As a sp