The Ones We Remember: Scholars Reflect on Teachers Who Made a Difference

by Pajares, Frank; Urdan, Tim

• ISBN13: 9781593119447
• ISBN10: 1593119445
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-07-15
• Publisher: Information Age Pub Inc

Table of Contents

Learning Not to Be a Child: Lessons From a Master Teacher	p. 1
Passing the Torch: The Legacy of Inspirational Teachers	p. 11
Tears of a Teacher	p. 19
The Memorable Sister Candida and Her Passion for Poetry	p. 31
The Art and Heart of the Skilled Teacher: A Personal Reflection	p. 43
In Search of Miss Steepleton	p. 53
Mrs. Miller	p. 63
An Amotivated Adolescence: How One Rugby Game and Two Teachers Changed My Self-Beliefs and the Course of My Academic Life	p. 67
Mr. Webb's Zoology Class: How One Teacher Motivated and Transformed High School Students	p. 77
On Relating to a Special Teacher	p. 87
I Dared to Proclaim: The Influence of African American Women Teachers	p. 95
A Teacher's Influence: A Conversation	p. 103
"I Will Not Let This Be an Intellectual Wasteland": The Legacy and Limitations of an Inspiring Teacher	p. 111
F Equals Your Mother and the Continuing Saga of Sherman and Mr. Peabody: Or What I Learned in High School Physics	p. 127
Teacher Influences on Students' Learning: High School Experiences of Iranian Students	p. 139
Too Good To Last: The Short But Inspiring Career of an Autonomy-Supportive English Teacher	p. 149
A Teacher's Son: The Learning-Instruction Process Up Close and Personal	p. 161
Stories of Teaching: Four Lessons	p. 171
You Must Be One of Mine	p. 177
Two Teachers Who Wanted Students to Think	p. 185
Strangers, Mentors, and Freud	p. 189
A Culture and Its Representatives	p. 195
How to Become the Teacher Who Makes the Difference: An Anti-Romantic Theory of Pedagogy - Principles, Not Personalities	p. 205
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