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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... talk surrounding public education has shifted radically, becoming mean-spirited and antagonistic, with greater attention given to vouchers, “choice,” charter schools, and winner-take-all high-stakes tests as the only viable solutions to ...
... talk about important questions, including why they remain in teaching. In spite of some frustration and apprehension throughout the year, for me the conversations were stirring reminders of the work that teachers do every day, and of ...
... talk about it, I had been trying to “do” multicultural education in my classroom. At the same time, I realized that a multicultural perspective, as helpful and progressive as it might be, needed to be complemented by a critical ...
... talking about self-indulgent exercises in brooding and bellyaching. Rather, I use this strategy so that teachers, while focusing on themselves, learn to focus more directly on their students. That is, developing a teaching autobiography ...
... talk proper,” knowing which fork to use). School was the place where you moved from one social class to another. School was about forging an identity, and becoming a teacher meant losing my identity as a working-class Puerto Rican ...
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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 |