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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... grade classroom where I would start my student teaching, I have experienced the exhilaration, anguish, satisfaction, uncertainty, frustration, and sheer joy that typify teaching. Years later, when I began teaching teachers, I fell in ...
... grade. But as soon as the class started, the kids came alive, sounding for all the world like college-bound students in a well-endowed private school. In that dingy classroom in a dilapidated urban public school in Brooklyn, I witnessed ...
... grade teacher in September 1968. The principal was Hernán LaFontaine, one of the first Puerto Rican principals in the city. I was enthusiastic but wary about the goals Hernán had for the school. For example, I had many questions about ...
... grade education and who constantly extolled the virtues of education to her. But given her placement in low-level classes and the generally minimal expectations for immigrants at her school, his optimism might not have been enough. In ...
... grades went up and she was able to attend the Saturday Mathematics Academy. She writes: In the sixth grade, my English teacher, Mr. Wilke, helped me to understand that I was capable of achieving anything. I began to believe in myself ...
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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 |