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The Courage to Teach: A Guide for Reflection and Renewal

Book
Livsey, Rachel C. in collaboration with Parker J. Palmer
1999
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
LB1775.P26 1999
Topics: Vocation of Teaching

Additional Info:
This guide will help teachers, individually and in groups, reflect on their teaching and renew their sense of vocation by exploring the inner landscape of their lives along Palmer's three dimensions--intellectual, emotional, and spiritual. The guide will raise questions, examine ideas and images, and suggest practices that emerge from the many insights in The Courage to Teach. (From the Publisher)

Table Of Content:
Preparing for A Process of Reflection
Individual Study
Group Study* Leadership and Membership * Physical Space * Intellectual Space * Emotional Space * Spiritual
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

Appendix A: The Clearness Committee: A Communal Approach to Discernment
Appendix B: About the Center for Teacher Formation
Appendix C: About Parker J. Palmer
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