What Keeps Teachers Going?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.” 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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... believe that the thoughts of the superb teachers represented here about what sustains them are well worth heeding. By focusing on excellent teachers I do not mean to suggest that all the teachers in our schools are as talented and ...
... believe that all teaching is ultimately autobiographical and that it is a process of evolution. It is only through reflection on that evolution that we can understand our motives, aspirations, and even success or failure as teachers ...
... believe that education was the “great equalizer,“ but I also was certain that individual teachers could turn students' lives around by sheer willpower. Yet for most of the students I had taught and 14 What Keeps Teachers Going?
... believe that all students were capable of learning, but my natural optimism was giving way to a more sobering awareness of the limits of the influence that individual teachers could have. This realization challenged my beliefs about our ...
... believe more strongly than ever in the power of teachers. This is because I have seen breathtaking teachers in action, and I have witnessed firsthand what they can achieve. I have also come to understand that teachers are not mere ...
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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 |