Imperfect Heroes

Andrew Barkley

doi:10.5771/9781475862089

Summary

Imperfect Heroes is intended to help teachers flourish during challenging times. The book is written for all educators, but especially those who seek renewal in their ability to help students learn and grow. Included are the inspiring and motivational stories of twelve “Teaching Heroes.” Successful leaders, writers, and artists face challenges strikingly similar to obstacles faced by teachers. Iconic individuals often use life hardships as a springboard to achieve higher levels of effectiveness. Teachers can do this, too.

Personal, career, and relational roadblocks are universal, and much can be learned from how heroes have turned trials into successes. The main idea of this book is that learning about the lives of people different from ourselves can provide large benefits. The application of ideas from new and divergent sources to our teaching practices can result in transformative growth in our ability to help others learn. Teachers can use the hero stories intertwined with classroom examples to gain confidence, motivate students, and renew their commitment to making a positive contribution to the world.

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Copyright year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4758-6206-5
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4758-6208-9
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 162
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Foreword No access
3. Preface No access
4. Introduction No access
1. Chapter Synopsis No access
2. Affirmations No access
3. Preparation No access
4. Personal Conviction No access
5. Public Speaking No access
6. Performance Anxiety No access
7. Strategic Interactions No access
8. Showmanship No access
9. Dynamics No access
10. Imperfect Hero; Imperfect Teachers No access
11. Conclusion No access
12. Intersections No access
13. Teaching Summary: Lecture like Ali No access
14. Notes No access
15. References No access
1. Chapter Synopsis No access
2. Continuous Change No access
3. Making Strange No access
4. Pedagogical Triage No access
5. Authentic Teachers No access
6. Extensive Preparation No access
7. Intertextuality No access
8. Conclusion No access
9. Intersections No access
10. Teaching Summary: Perform like Bob Dylan No access
11. Notes No access
12. References No access
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2. Extravagant Affirmation No access
3. Imperfect Hero No access
4. Patti Smith’s Performance to Honor Bob Dylan No access
5. Mister Rogers on Failure No access
6. Conclusion No access
7. Intersections No access
8. Teaching Summary: Teach with Kindness like Mister Rogers No access
9. Notes No access
10. References No access
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2. A Call to Teach No access
3. Commitment No access
4. Sacrifice No access
5. Conclusion No access
6. Intersections No access
7. Teaching Summary: Prevail over Darkness like Mother Teresa No access
8. Notes No access
9. References No access
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2. Sharing Redemption with Others No access
3. Teaching and Forgiveness No access
4. Teaching Historical Truth to Improve the Future No access
5. Anger No access
6. Conclusion No access
7. Intersections No access
8. Teaching Summary: Reinvent Your Teaching like Malcolm X No access
9. Notes No access
10. References No access
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2. The Myth of Sisyphus No access
3. The Plague No access
4. Teaching under Challenging Circumstances No access
5. Conclusion No access
6. Intersections No access
7. Teaching Summary: Teach in Challenging Conditions like Camus No access
8. Notes No access
9. References No access
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2. A Student-Teacher Interaction No access
3. Sense of Place No access
4. Watkuese and Lewis and Clark No access
5. Lewis and Clark: A Dog Incident No access
6. Student-Teacher Relationships No access
7. Conclusion No access
8. Intersections No access
9. Teaching Summary: Relate to Students like Chief Joseph No access
10. Notes No access
11. References No access
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2. South Africa: A Brief History No access
3. Leadership under Oppression No access
4. Imperfect Hero No access
5. Motivation No access
6. Cooperation and Teamwork No access
7. Cross-Fertilization No access
8. Challenge and Support No access
9. Conclusion No access
10. Intersections No access
11. Teaching Summary: Challenge and Support like Nelson Mandela No access
12. Notes No access
13. References No access
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2. Truth Force No access
3. Satyagraha for Teachers No access
4. Imperfect Hero No access
5. Conclusion No access
6. Intersections No access
7. Teaching Summary: Teach with “Truth Force” like Gandhi No access
8. Notes No access
9. References No access
1. Chapter Synopsis No access
2. Courage No access
3. Optimism No access
4. Mindfulness No access
5. Online Teaching No access
6. Conclusion No access
7. Intersections No access
8. Teaching Summary: Be Optimistic like Anne Frank No access
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10. References No access
1. Chapter Synopsis No access
2. Interconnectedness No access
3. Tension No access
4. Hope No access
5. Meaning and Purpose No access
6. Conclusion No access
7. Intersections No access
8. Teaching Summary: Be Courageous like Martin Luther King, Jr. No access
9. Notes No access
10. References No access
1. Chapter Synopsis No access
2. Pain No access
3. Alegria No access
4. Teaching No access
5. Icon No access
6. Conclusion No access
7. Intersections No access
8. Teaching Summary. Triumph over Pain like Frida Kahlo No access
9. Notes No access
10. References No access
Acknowledgments No access Pages 151 - 152
Index No access Pages 153 - 160
About the Author No access Pages 161 - 162