To Become a Teacher

by Ayers, William

• ISBN13: 9780807734551
• ISBN10: 0807734551
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-08-01
• Publisher: Teachers College Pr

Summary

Contributors include Nancy Balaban, Lisa Delpit, Hubert Dyasi, Helen Featherstone and colleagues, Joseph Featherstone, Maxine Greene, Mary Anne Raywid, Rita Tenorio, and Lillian Weber, among others.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Joining the Ranks	p. 1
Letter to a Young Teacher	p. 11
Taking Teaching Seriously	p. 23
I Just Want to Be Myself: Discovering What Students Bring to School "In Their Blood"	p. 34
Seeing the Child, Knowing the Person	p. 49
Choosing a Past and Inventing a Future: The Becoming of a Teacher	p. 65
A Teacher's Awesome Power	p. 78
Get Ready, Get Set, Teach!	p. 86
Reconstruction Alternatives: Opening the Curriculum	p. 89
Building a Safe Community for Learning	p. 99
Harout and I: A Short Story for the Becoming Teacher	p. 113
Reexaminations: What Is the Teacher and What Is Teaching?	p. 127
Is There Room for Children's Inventive Capacity in the Curriculum?	p. 153
Democratic Classrooms, Democratic Schools	p. 162
The Complexity of Teaching	p. 171
How to Write a Lesson Plan	p. 180
The Scary Part Is That It Happens Without Us Knowing	p. 193
Conclusion: Ten Alternative Classrooms	p. 215
Appendix A Getting a Life: A New Teacher's Guide	p. 221
Appendix B Selected Resources for Becoming Teachers	p. 231
About the Editor and the Contributors	p. 235
Index	p. 241
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