My Take away
Few of the things that I learned from Parker
Palmer's The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's
Life is, if we want to grow as teachers, we must learn to talk to each other
about our inner lives, our own identity and integrity. We must also be able to Identity
lies in the intersection of the diverse forces that make up a life, while
integrity lies in relating to those forces in ways that bring us wholeness and
life. One of my favorite things that I learnt from the book is that Good
teaching cannot be reduced to technique. The author also talks about the Culture of Fear: Education and the
Disconnected Life and how knowing is a human way of seeking relationships,
to have encounters and exchanges that will alter us.
Golden line:
“But in every story I have heard, good teachers share one trait:
a strong sense of personal identity infuses their work” (pg.2).
Questions:
What happens when there is that one
student you really cat connects with?
How does a new teacher begin to build
community in the classroom from the first day?
How do we as teachers put out identity in the
way that we approach our classroom without being too open?
Strategies:
Make sure students feel like they can approach
you because it makes for a more welcoming learning environment.
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