The story of one teacher's odyssey into the ethical and intellectual heart of teaching, and at the same time an invitation to teachers to more thou...
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Oct 20, 2011
Nathan
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Very good. Apparently the author is a controversial figure (if you call being on the run for a decade because of domestic terrorism "controversial") but I knew none of that when I read the book. It is sensitive, quiet, gentle, and thoughtful.
The bees knees in teaching at the moment is inquiry learning: students find questions they care about the answer to and by researching, analyzing, and presenting the answers to their questions, they learn. This motivates their reading, wr More...
The bees knees in teaching at the moment is inquiry learning: students find questions they care about the answer to and by researching, analyzing, and presenting the answers to their questions, they learn. This motivates their reading, wr More...
Jun 02, 2009
Christina
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idealistic philosophy. big picture. but i agree with a lot of it. it sparks my passion--child-centered, exploration/experience-based, core values, coming up with your goals before looking at state-mandated curriculum, etc.
i know a book is good if i'm taking lots of notes, tabbing lots of pages, and coming up with lots of ideas on the way. this book was all of that.
(bad cover, 90's, teacher's college at columbia)
i know a book is good if i'm taking lots of notes, tabbing lots of pages, and coming up with lots of ideas on the way. this book was all of that.
(bad cover, 90's, teacher's college at columbia)
Feb 06, 2012
Jared
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This book was pretty darn refreshing, and as a future teacher I appreciated the words of Mr. Ayers, and the passion displayed in the pages of this book. There are definitely things I read that I will take into the classroom with me. The only reason this did not get five stars is because I felt that there should have been more of a balance between the idealized world of teaching, and the realistic world of the classroom that awaits us all.
Nov 03, 2009
Aine
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Particularly good for upcoming teachers and any other staff in a school environment.
Jun 30, 2008
ali
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In a country such as ours that is perennially focused on national control of education while simultaneously cutting funds, anyone would be lucky to have a teacher so hellbent on the real education Ayers outlines here.
May 28, 2008
Phyllis Burstein,
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A book to remind you why you became a teacher. Ayers is an unusually good storyteller.
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