What Keeps Teachers Going?

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Teachers College Press, 21. feb. 2003

“This moving and important book has reminded me of why I have stayed in public school teaching for over 40 years. It is an inspiration to experienced educators, beginning teachers, and all of us who care about equity and the importance of every child’s life.”
—Herbert Kohl, Director, Institute for Social Justice and Education, University of San Francisco

What helps great public school teachers persevere—in spite of everything? Sonia Nieto, a renowned teacher educator, takes a close look at what can be learned from veteran teachers who not only continue to teach but also manage to remain enthusiastic about it. This inspirational volume provides much-needed advice on how some urban teachers are solving the everyday challenges of student learning. Nieto collaborates with experienced teachers in urban schools who are especially effective working with students of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds—students who are among the most marginalized in our public schools. Offering an alternative vision of what’s important in teaching and learning, Nieto concludes with an urgent call to advance new national priorities for public education.

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INTRODUCTION
1
TEACHING AS EVOLUTION
9
TEACHING AS AUTOBIOGRAPHY
22
TEACHING AS LOVE
37
TEACHING AS HOPE AND POSSIBILITY
53
TEACHING AS ANGER AND DESPERATION
63
TEACHING AS INTELLECTUAL WORK
76
TEACHING AS DEMOCRATIC PRACTICE
91
TEACHING AS SHAPING FUTURES
107
FINAL THOUGHTS WHAT KEEPS TEACHERS GOING IN SPITE OF EVERYTHING?
121
NOTES
131
REFERENCES
145
INDEX
153
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
161
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Sonia Nieto is professor emerita of language, literacy, and culture at the College of Education, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She is the bestselling author of The Light in Their Eyes, 10th Anniversary Edition, Why We Teach, and What Keeps Teachers Going?

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