My rating:
add to my books
Loading...
The Art of Teaching
by
Jay Parini
Becoming an effective teacher can be quite painful and exhausting, taking years of trial and error. In The Art of Teaching, writer and critic Jay Parini looks back over his own decades of trials, errors, and triumphs, in an intimate memoir that brims with humor, encouragement, and hard-won wisdom about the teacher's craft.
Here is a godsend for instructors of all levels, o...more
Here is a godsend for instructors of all levels, o...more
Hardcover, 160 pages
Published
January 1st 2005
by Oxford University Press
There is a good chance some of your friends read this book. Sign in to see!
sign in »
Friend Reviews
To see what your friends thought of this book,
please sign up.
This book is currently not featured on any Listopia lists.
Add this book to your favorite list »
Community Reviews
(showing
1-30
of
57)
You know what this book needed? More sensitive, yet noble vampires. There wasn't one of those in here. It was basically what this one guy, Jay Parini, thinks about teaching. And he's not a vampire.
view 2 comments
I got this as a Christmas present from my dad. Might not have bought it because the title is pretty weak. However, it's one of the best books on teaching, on honestly assessing your skills and goals as a teacher and learning to be a great teacher, that I have read. There's solid, inspiring, focused pedagogy here, but well written. He also talks about being a writer and a teacher at the same time, that it can be a dynamic, effective relationship, some of us are more productive when we are doin...more
Didn't enjoy it.
"The only hard thing is to begin."
Quoting James Russell in "A Fable for Critics"
"The classrooms is a form of theater, and the teacher must play various roles." (p. 6)
"The only hard thing is to begin."
Quoting James Russell in "A Fable for Critics"
"The classrooms is a form of theater, and the teacher must play various roles." (p. 6)
While not perfect (Parini's ego is very much on display), this book really allowed me to loosen up in the classroom. He discusses the "mask" we wear as educators, and the performance aspect to standing in front of a room of students. I especially like the section on the erotic nature of the teacher/student relationship. He also reminds us that we should we be free to discuss politics in the classroom--in fact it is absolutely necessary. Thank god somebody has the guts to say it.
There were parts of this book that were really great, parts that I've already figured out for myself through my own teaching (but which would have been extremely helpful a few years ago), and parts that I didn't like so much. I had expected to get a little more practical advice, but it feels like this book is more of a memoir with some advice thrown in. So if I had gone into the book with that idea in mind, I probably would have enjoyed it even more.
Siddartha
added it
Rita
added it
Dala Hadidi
marked it as to-read
Erika
marked it as to-read
Mittica
added it
Grace Song
marked it as to-read
Erin
marked it as to-read
Stacey Sims
marked it as to-read
Linda
marked it as to-read
|
|
Gary
marked it as to-read
Rowan
marked it as to-read
There are no discussion topics on this book yet.
Be the first to start one »
Jay Parini (born 1948) is an American writer and academic. He is known for novels and poetry, biography and criticism.
More about Jay Parini...
Share This Book
No trivia or quizzes yet. Add some now »
