The Jossey-Bass Reader on Teaching

Written by some of the most highly acclaimed teacher-writers, The Jossey-Bass Reader on Teaching includes excerpts from books, essays, and articles that explore the very heart of the teaching experience. This comprehensive resource offers a wide variety of perspectives and insights into the realities of classroom teaching. The volume's contributors are some of the best known teachers and education experts: Parker Palmer, Sylvia Ashton-Warner, William Ayers, Lisa Delpit, Robert L. Fried, Paulo Freire, Maxine Greene, Martin Haverman, Herbert Kohl, Andrew Dean Mullen, James Nehring, Vivian Gussin Paley, Vito Perrone, Mike Rose, Seymour Sarason, and Frank Smith.

Sources vii

About the Authors ix

Acknowledgments xiii

Foreword xv
Ann Lieberman

Part One What Does It Mean to Teach?

1. The Heart of a Teacher: Identity and Integrity in Teaching 3
Parker J. Palmer

2. The Mystery of Teaching 26
William Ayers

3. Passionate Teaching 38
Robert L. Fried

4. Reading the World/Reading the Word 52
Paulo Freire

5. Teaching as Possibility: A Light in Dark Times 62
Maxine Greene

Part Two Becoming a Teacher

6. Learning to Read 77
Patrick McWilliams

7. Order in the Classroom 80
Andrew Dean Mullen

8. “Welcome to the Sixth Grade” 84
Brad Wilcox

9. Excerpt from White Teacher 88
Vivian Gussin Paley

10. Teachers College and Student Teaching 95
Herbert Kohl

11. Change, Resistance, and Reflection 103
Seymour B. Sarason

12. Is Passionate Teaching for New Teachers, Too? 111
Robert L. Fried

Part Three Developing Your Skills

13. Groups 135
James Nehring

14. Creative Teaching 152
Sylvia Ashton-Warner

15. The Silenced Dialogue: Power and Pedagogy in Educating Other People’s Children 166
Lisa Delpit

16. Refining the Craft of Teaching 191
Vito Perrone

17. Calexico, California 204
Mike Rose

18. The Pedagogy of Poverty Versus Good Teaching 239
Martin Haberman

19. The Immensity of Children’s Learning 251
Frank Smith

"...in each essay lies a gem or two that should certainly help us all..." (Community College Week, August 18, 2003)

JOSSEY-BASS is a leading educational publisher. Their books have been cited for excellence by the American Educational Research Association, the National School Boards Association, and the American Educational Studies Association. All teachers come to the profession with high ideals but few are prepared for the challenges posed by the complexities of classroom life. How can they remain passionate and inspired in the face of the daily realities of teaching? And how can teachers engage their students in the quest to know and discover?

Written by some of the most highly acclaimed teacher-writers, The Jossey-Bass Reader on Teaching includes excerpts from books, essays, and articles that explore the very heart of the teaching experience. This comprehensive resource offers a wide variety of perspectives and insights into the realities of classroom teaching. The volume's contributors are some of the best known teachers and education experts: Parker Palmer, Sylvia Ashton-Warner, William Ayers, Lisa Delpit, Robert L. Fried, Paulo Freire, Maxine Greene, Martin Haverman, Herbert Kohl, Andrew Dean Mullen, James Nehring, Vivian Gussin Paley, Vito Perrone, Mike Rose, Seymour Sarason, and Frank Smith.

The nineteen chapters in this stellar collection explore the challenges and joys of teaching and cover three main topics: the meaning of teaching, the experience of teaching, and the art of teaching skills. In addition, the book presents concrete ideas for developing a variety of strategies for providing opportunities for students to become involved in doing schoolwork themselves and for engaging students in meaningful projects.

Learning to teach is a lifetime affair involving constantly changing complexities of context, curriculum, and the communities of students; this book guides teachers to become passionate, dedicated, and purposeful.

Other books in the Jossey-Bass Reader series include The Jossey-Bass Reader on Educational Administration, The Jossey-Bass Reader on Gender in Education, The Jossey-Bass Reader on School Reform, and The Jossey-Bass Reader on Technology and Learning.