The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life 1st Edition

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"This book is for teachers who have good days and bad -- and whose bad days bring the suffering that comes only from something one loves. It is for teachers who refuse to harden their hearts, because they love learners, learning, and the teaching life."
- Parker J. Palmer [from the Introduction]

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.

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As a spiritually inspirational book for teachers, The Courage to Teach is one of the best. The premise is concise and unarguable: good teaching comes from the identity and the integrity of the teacher. Teachers are encouraged to turn their inquiring minds inward--developing a deeper understanding of what it means to fulfill the spiritual calling of teaching. 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 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. --Gail Hudson

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Palmer (To Know as We Are Known, HarperCollins, 1993) is a senior adviser at the Fetzer Institute and has taught at Beloit College and Georgetown University. He discusses the inner life of the dedicated teacher and how that life shapes teaching and learning. According to Palmer, "Teaching, like any truly human activity, emerges from one's inwardness, for better or worse." In this book, he explores the inner landscape of the teaching self, and to understand that landscape more fully, he discusses three important paths that must be taken?intellectual, emotional, and spiritual. Recommended for all teachers, this book would be a valuable addition to professional and teacher education collections.?Barbara S. Meagher, Central Connecticut State Univ., New Britain
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Hardcover: 224 pages
Publisher: Jossey-Bass; 1st edition (November 21, 1997)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0787910589
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A fountain of profound knowledge

ByJohn Daniel Hollowayon July 25, 2013

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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 average American's mind). He contends that it creates disconnectedness that makes proper learning impossible. In that disconnectedness, we divide apart our world and engage in flawed mindsets like competition.

He expresses the need for a teacher to provide community for students, through being connected with the subject and connected with them. One has to be made vulnerable in order to really teach and to really learn. He describes teaching and learning as a great paradox, but a paradox that must be embraced if we are to learn and teach properly.

Palmer suggests that the modern mind is full of division and disconnectedness and must be remedied by community and connectedness. Throughout the book, he shows how this can be accomplished in various ways. It is a truly profound book. I have learned a lot from reading it and I highly recommend it.

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A Must for Every Teacher

Byjeson November 8, 2014

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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 NOT box Palmer in with the "let students do anything they want at all in the classroom even if they learn nothing, so they can 'find themselves'" crowd. He does not promote that. I admit his language comes across as kind of "hippy" sometimes, but if you really consider his IDEAS, he is not a pushover or an over-permissive free-for-all-ist at all. He just thinks teaching is relational, and ideas are important, and can help us build relationships. I think he's right. And I'm glad he writes!

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The intellectual, emotional and spiritual depths of teaching

ByAndrew N. Carpenteron February 24, 1999

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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 deepest self-knowledge. What is required is nothing less than an unflinching commitment to live out in the classroom a painful Socratic examination of one's own life.
This indeed requires a courageous willingness to make oneself vulnerable. But what exactly is involved, and what is the payoff? Thankfully, Palmer's analysis avoids the fuzzy metaphors (and half-baked metaphysics) that spoil many contemporary "new age" visions of the role of spirituality in public life. Palmer, who was trained in philosophy, religion, and sociology, provides many specific examples. His most conventional claim is that modelling Socratic examination allows teachers to inspire their students to construct deeply fulfilling lives. He also argues that a Socratic entanglement of a teacher with her subject causes a passionate engagement more helpful than any bureaucrat's assessment instrument. Palmer draws on anecdotes--from kindergarten teachers to medical school professors, from shop teachers to physicists--to make his case. These anecdotes provide constructive solutions to many of the most painful problems teachers face and make plausible Palmer's vision of the intellectual, emotional, and spiritual depths of a life committed to teaching and learning.

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Deep, Clear & Concise

ByLise N. Pellerinon June 9, 2016

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Anything by Parker J. Palmer is a MUST HAVE! Great insights presented clearly and concisely. The book and the concepts therein gave me quite a lot to reflect upon and I read it over time several times. I got something more and of greater depth every time.

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This is an inspirational book and easy read1

ByHayli Mayon December 25, 2013

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Palmer is inspirational and fun to read! This book gives you confidence as a future or current educator, and it is fun to read an understand the many different types of educators. However, it's kind of mushy.

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one of the best books I have ever red

BySamCroon November 14, 2016

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Hands down, one of the best books I have ever red. For all of the teachers out there or teachers in training, this is a MUST read. Palmer captures all of the moments that an educator can expect to have with a realistic view of them. Passionate read. Will re-read.

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Beautifully concieved

ByAmazon Customeron September 17, 2015

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Parker Palmer is my hero. Teaching as an art is about connecting to a deeper meaning and purpose for living. It's not just about passing along content. It's about connecting to our content and then connecting to our students in ways that allow us to create deeper understandings of the world we live in and how we can do better in it. Thank you Dr. Palmer.

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Outstanding

ByVincenton March 22, 2017

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What an outstanding read for all who seek to delve into pedagogy...I believe it should be on the shelf of every student, especially those in the academy...

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Mind altering. Highly recommend.

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Goodness

If you read books and are thinking about teaching, this is for you.

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Verbose and Meandering

Although Palmer does have a few (esoteric) nuggets of wisdom to share within this book it was a chore to read, and certainly not worth the time or money.Read more

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I really enjoyed the material and have recommended this book to many ...

Very well done and this was my first Kindle book on my phone. I really enjoyed the material and have recommended this book to many others.

Published 9 months ago by Ruth Ann Chambers

Courageous teaching.

Good read if you need to work on your vision or purpose before you burn out. Palmer seems to understand that everyone battle self doubt and unfulfilled in their teacher career.

Published 9 months ago by melinda Hinshaw

One Star

a notebook of sorts like a class assignment. very disappointed

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Good book!

Published 11 months ago by Lmsz

Brene Brown's books offer more on the topic of vulnerability ...

Brene Brown's books offer more on the topic of vulnerability and are much more enjoyable to read. This was very difficult to get through.

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