Full Description
For five days a week for approximately nine months out of the year totaling countless hours, teachers work with other people's most treasured gifts—their children. That the teacher is the most important element in fostering an energetic, engaging, and inspiring classroom environment where authentic learning can unfold cannot be overstated. Indeed, it is the teacher who understands self or does not; it is the teacher who is prepared or is not; it is the teacher who has command of subject matter or does not; it is the teacher who inculcates in an appropriate way or does not; and, it is the teacher who is patient, understanding, empathetic, and enthusiastic or is not. To that end, Teaching With Purpose underscores what it means to be an insightful teacher, foundationally emphasizing that the central aspect toward richly transforming education is through the professionalization of what it means to be a teacher. Written in accessible language, and attentive to connecting theory to practice, the benefits and features of this book are mindful of a diverse readership.
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Section I: From the Inside Out
Chapter 1: An Earned Privilege
Chapter 2: Establishing a Philosophy of Education
Chapter 3: The Decisive Relevance of Dispositions
Chapter 4: Six Dispositions of Significance
Chapter 5: Reflective Thinking-Thoughtful Action
Section II: Entering Into Relationships
Chapter 6: Hardwired to be in Relationship
Chapter 7: From Right Where Students Are
Chapter 8: Cultivating Dialogue
Chapter 9: The Flow of Integrity
Chapter 10: Other types of Relationships
Chapter 11: To be in Relationship is to Celebrate Diversity
Section III: The Goal Is To Inspire
Chapter 12: The Character of Inspiration
Chapter 13: Inspiration & the Autobiographical Nature of Teaching
Chapter 14: Inspiration Ignites Artistry in Motion
Section IV: The Glue That Is Educational Psychology
Chapter 15: The Critical Relevance of Theory
Chapter 16: Paving the way Toward Child/Developmental Psychology
Chapter 17: An Overview: Behaviorism, Cognitivism, and Humanism
Section V: Five Components of Knowledge
Chapter 18: Knowledge of Pedagogy & Classroom Management
Chapter 19: Knowledge of Learning, Students, & Subject Matter
Section VI: Assessment Is To "Sit With"
Chapter 20: Two Different Processes: Assessment & Evaluation
Chapter 21: The Emergence of a Testing Movement
Chapter 22: Moving into an Era of High-Stakes Testing
Chapter 23: Four Harmful Effects of High-Stakes Testing
Chapter 24: Emphasizing Formative & Portfolio Assessments
Section VII: Teacher Leadership
Chapter 25: Teacher as Leader
Chapter 26: The Challenge of Poverty
Chapter 27: It Takes a Village
Appendices
Appendix A: Derivative & Historical Unfolding of Inspiration
Appendix B: A Response to the Tylerian Rationale
Appendix C: A Sampling of Parental Voice & Testing
References
