This Rough Magic: The Life of Teaching [Paperback]

Daniel A. Lindley (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0897893662 | ISBN-13: 978-0897893664 | Publication Date: November 30, 1993

Borrowing Prospero's "rough magic" as a descriptor for his examination of the art and craft of teaching, Lindley sets out to heighten the awareness of experienced and novice teachers alike. He explores the teaching/learning process and how teachers' own feelings affect their work. A hands-on book, it uncovers the nature of what really happens in the teacher/student interaction in the classroom. Lindley emphasizes the practical: He makes use of his own teaching life, and that of others, as it exemplifies theoretical positions derived from studies of classroom teaching and analytical psychology (Jungian). In the process, he has created a book of value in re-energizing the in-service teacher and educating the pre-service teacher. Parents, administrators, anyone interested in the process of teaching will find the book fascinating and useful.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“This book integrates the author's recent experiences with Jungian psychology with his many years of experience teaching both adolescents in the secondary classroom and students going into teaching in the college classroom.....This is a excellent little book that is full of much insight and wisdom about teaching and which can provide the classroom teacher at all levels of instruction with much to think about. For this author, teaching is a liminal experience, betwixt and between the student and the teacher, the school and the curriculum. This book substantially illuminates that space. And no teacher who reads it will be able to put it down without reflecting on their own place within that space.”–Clinical Sociology Review

About the Author

DANIEL A. LINDLEY is Associate Professor of English and former chair, English Education, University of Illinois at Chicago.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Bergin & Garvey Paperback (November 30, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0897893662
• ISBN-13: 978-0897893664
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,607,696 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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