The elements of teaching / James M. Banner, Jr., and Harold C. Cannon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Banner, James M., Jr., 1935-

Contributor:

Cannon, Harold C., 1930-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teaching.

Teacher effectiveness.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (160 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What are the characteristics of a great teacher? What qualities of mind and spirit are necessary to help others acquire the knowledge through which they can understand and live a good life? In this book, James Banner and Harold Cannon draw on many years of experience to set forth the intellectual, moral, and emotional capacities that they believe the best teachers must possess. Their book is an inspiring guide to current and future school teachers and to college and university professors-indeed to everyone who teaches anything to anyone else. Arguing that teaching is an art, Banner and Cannon help teachers understand its components. They analyze the specific qualities of successful teachers and the ways in which these qualities promote learning and understanding. Throughout, they illustrate their discussion with sharply etched portraits of fictional teachers who exemplify-or fail to exemplify-a particular quality. Neither a how-to book nor a consideration of the philosophy, methods, or activities of teaching, this book, more precisely, assesses what it takes to teach. It encourages teachers to consider how they might strengthen their own level of professional performance.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Preface

Introduction

Learning

Authority

Ethics

Order

Imagination

Compassion

Patience

Character

Pleasure

Afterword

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

9786611740726

9781281740724

1281740721

9780300127140

0300127146

9780585356600

0585356602

OCLC:

1013954306