Teaching with Purpose
An Inquiry into the Who, Why, And How We Teach- Authors:
- Publisher:
- 2016
Summary
For five days a week for approximately nine months out of the year totaling countless hours, teachers work with other people’s most treasured gifts—their children. That the teacher is the most important element in fostering an energetic, engaging, and inspiring classroom environment where authentic learning can unfold cannot be overstated. Indeed, it is the teacher who understands self or does not; it is the teacher who is prepared or is not; it is the teacher who has command of subject matter or does not; it is the teacher who inculcates in an appropriate way or does not; and, it is the teacher who is patient, understanding, empathetic, and enthusiastic or is not. To that end, Teaching With Purpose underscores what it means to be an insightful teacher, foundationally emphasizing that the central aspect toward richly transforming education is through the professionalization of what it means to be a teacher. Written in accessible language, and attentive to connecting theory to practice, the benefits and features of this book are mindful of a diverse readership.
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2016
- ISBN-Print
- 978-1-4758-1294-7
- ISBN-Online
- 978-1-4758-1295-4
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 185
- Product type
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Table of contents
- Contents No access
- Preface No access
- Acknowledgments No access
- Introduction No access
- Chapter One: An Earned Privilege No access
- Chapter Two: Establishing a Personal Philosophy of Education No access
- Chapter Three: The Decisive Relevance of Disposition No access
- Chapter Four: Six Dispositions of Significance No access
- Chapter Five: Reflective Thinking—Thoughtful Action No access
- Chapter Six: Hardwired to Be in Relationships No access
- Chapter Seven: Fostering the Teacher–Student Relationship No access
- Chapter Eight: Cultivating Dialogue No access
- Chapter Nine: The Flow of Integrity No access
- Chapter Ten: Other Relationships No access
- Chapter Eleven: To Be in Relationships Is toCelebrate Diversity No access
- Chapter Twelve: The Character of Inspiration No access
- Chapter Thirteen: Inspiration and theAutobiographical Nature of Teaching No access
- Chapter Fourteen: Inspiration Leads to an Artistic Act No access
- Chapter Fifteen: The Critical Relevance of Theory No access
- Chapter Sixteen: Paving the Way Toward Child/Developmental Psychology No access
- Chapter Seventeen: An Overview of Behaviorism, Cognitivism, and Humanism No access
- Chapter Eighteen: Knowledge of Pedagogy and Knowledge of Classroom Management No access
- Chapter Nineteen: Knowledge of Learning,Knowledge of Students, andKnowledge of Subject Matter No access
- Chapter Twenty: Two Different Processes No access
- Chapter Twenty-one: The Emergence of a Testing Movement No access
- Chapter Twenty-two: Moving into an Era of High-Stakes Testing No access
- Chapter Twenty-three: Four Harmful Effects ofHigh-Stakes Testing No access
- Chapter Twenty-four: Emphasizing Formativeand Portfolio Assessments No access
- Chapter Twenty-five: Teacher as Leader No access
- Chapter Twenty-six: Teacher Leadership and the Greatest Challenge: Poverty No access
- Chapter Twenty-seven: It Takes a Village No access
- Appendix A No access Pages 161 - 164
- Appendix B No access Pages 165 - 166
- Appendix C No access Pages 167 - 168
- References No access Pages 169 - 180
- Index No access Pages 181 - 184
- About the Author No access Pages 185 - 185





