"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.
- ISBN10 1118066324
- ISBN13 9781118066324
- Publish Date 25 September 2012 (first published 5 December 1997)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Jossey-Bass
- Edition 2nd Anniversary ed.
- Format eBook
- Pages 272
- Language English