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Learning to Teach Through Discussion: The Art of Turning the Soul

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Learning to Teach Through Discussion: The Art of Turning the Soul goes to the heart of what good teaching is all about. Its central thesis is particularly interesting. It wouldn't occur to most people that novice teachers might actually learn to teach by guiding students through discussion, but Haroutunian-Gordon makes it clear that they can and do. She also makes it clear that interpretive discussion is as vital to the development of primary-school students as it is to the flowering of older students. Many of us who are experienced teachers don't feel that the bulk of the education courses we once took were particularly helpful when we actually went into the classroom; a book like this shows the way to refocus those teacher-training programs in a more helpful and productive way. Anyone who wants to be a better teacher -- or to train better teachers -- should read the book.

-- Julie West Johnson