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“Whether teaching or writing, what I really am doing is shepherding revelation; I am the midwife to epiphany.”
It’s the dead of winter, which is a hard time to begin something new. And yet, that’s exactly what those of us who are preparing to start a new semester must do. That’s why this is a perfect time for … Continue reading
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Tagged epiphanies, Parker Palmer, shepherding revelations, Taylor Mali, Teaching with Heart
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“When we no longer know which way to go, we have begun our real journey.”
When I was deciding whether to come back to teach one more year, I realized that the part that I like best is not giving information, it’s getting questions – especially questions that I have never explored before with students. … Continue reading
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Tagged Courage to Teach, Parker Palmer, Teaching with Heart, Wendell Berry
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Best Books of 2014
No blog about books would be complete without a year-end “best of” list. For me, the best are “books that I am most likely to read again.” For fiction, I predict that I will turn to Donna Tart’s The Goldfinch many times in the years to … Continue reading
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“Before you know kindness as the deepest thing inside, you must know sorrow as the other deep thing.”
Are poems tools? The 90 contributors to this book think so. They describe how specific poems have helped them. For example, our line this week, from the poem “Kindness” by Naomi Shihab Nye, was submitted by a teacher who has those words … Continue reading
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Tagged Courage to Teach, Kindness, Naomi Shihab Nye, pedagogy, poems as tools, sorrow, Teaching with Heart
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The 10 Best Books for College Teachers – Part 1
As a college teacher who spent many hours during the last ten years reading books, articles, and conference proposals on the art and science of teaching, I believe that the best books for college teachers are the ones that provide … Continue reading