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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... example, researchers found that teachers assigned to low-track classes are often poorly prepared in the subject matter and new to teaching.3 As a result, dramatic inequalities exist in students' access to qualified teachers, with 1 ...
... example, I had many questions about the feasibility of bilingual education (after all, I had never been in a bilingual program and I had done well, hadn't I?) and about the school's almost militant support for parental and family ...
... example of what I mean by the sociopolitical context of education. Most of us have been trained to think of dropping out, or of failing to learn to read, or of poor learning in general, as simply personal problems caused by the ...
... examples from the text. Junia pressed the students to link the importance of literacy with their lives today. When one student suggested, “Education was at least one way to gain some aspect of success,” Junia answered, “That's why your ...
... example). I ask them to think critically about their own lives, about what they thought they would get out of teaching, and about the motivations for their choices. Many times teachers tell me that this is the first time they've been ...
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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 |