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Teachers choose their vocation for reasons of the heart, because they care deeply about their students and about their subject. But the demands of teaching cause too many educators to lose heart. Is it possible to take heart in teaching once more so that we can continue to do what good teachers always do - give heart to our students? In The Courage to Teach, Parker Palmer takes teachers on an inner journey toward reconnecting with their vocation and their students - and recovering their passion for one of the most difficult and important of human endeavors. (From the Publisher)

Table Of Content:
Gratitudes
Introduction: Teaching from Within

I The Heart of a Teacher: Identity and Integrity in Teaching
II A Culture of Fear: Education and the Disconnected Life
III The Hidden Wholeness: Paradox in Teaching and Learning
IV Knowing in Community: Joined by the Grace of Great Things
V Teaching in Community: A Subject-Centered Education
VI Learning in Community: The Conversation of Colleagues
VII Divided No More: Teaching from a Heart of Hope

Notes
The Author
Index