Common sense : what it means to be a teacher / Michael Gose.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gose, Michael D. (Michael Douglas), 1946- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gose, Michael D. (Michael Douglas), 1946-.

Gose, Michael D.

Teachers--United States--Biography.

Teachers.

Teaching--Anecdotes.

Teaching.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (266 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland ; London : Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Finally a book about teaching that tells it like it is," NEA Today said about Michael Gose's first edition, What It Means to Be a Teacher. The second edition continues the stories that capture the meaning of teaching and now looks back with commentary on how those tales also work as parables. In the spirit of Thomas Paine, this second edition uses "Common Sense" to tell what is really going on with students, teachers, and schools. (Hint: the reality is actually a lot more optimistic than commonly portrayed in the media.)

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Common Sense and What Is Reality?""; ""I: Existence""; ""1 First-Year Teaching""; ""2 Job Conditions""; ""3 Failure""; ""4 Success""; ""5 I Am a Teacher""; ""6 The Curriculum""; ""7 Every Teacher Has Memorable and Favorite Students""; ""8 Certain Administrators""; ""9 Dilemmas""; ""10 Honor and Betrayal""; ""11 At Risk""; ""12 The Joys of Teaching""; ""13 The Pnyx and What It Means to Be a Teacher""; ""14 The Existential Realities as Parables""; ""15 The Mule, Luck, and Serenity""; ""II: Essence""

""16 “Conflicted��Especially by the 16 Inherent Existential Dilemmas""""17 Essence""; ""18 A State of Our Union Address""; ""Appendix A: Rules to Live and Teach By""; ""Appendix B: Two Sets of 10 Commandments""; ""Appendix C: Letter from a School Superintendent""; ""Appendix D: Your Homework Assignment""; ""Appendix E: It All Starts Today""; ""References""; ""About the Author""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

979-82-16-34385-1

1-4758-0760-0

OCLC:

928198625