A Passion for Teaching,9780415251792

A Passion for Teaching

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ISBN13: 9780415251792
ISBN10: 0415251796
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2004-05-17
Publisher(s): RoutledgeFalmer
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Summary

This book concentrates on the heart of teaching--teachers' moral purposes, the nature of care, emotional commitment, and motivation that distinguishes the best teaching and the best teachers.

Table of Contents

List of figures and tables x
Foreword by Robert Fried xi
Acknowledgements xv
Introduction: the need for passion 1(10)
Knowledge-creating schools
3(1)
Changes in society
4(1)
The standards agenda
5(6)
1 Why passion is essential 11(13)
Passionate teaching and effectiveness
13(3)
The call of teaching
16(2)
Passion, hope and ideals
18(4)
Time to reflect
22(2)
2 Moral purposes: care, courage and pupils' voices 24(20)
Moral purposes
24(2)
Care
26(3)
Courage
29(2)
Three cautionary notes
31(3)
Passionate voices
34(5)
Memories
39(3)
Time to reflect
42(2)
3 Emotions and identities 44(18)
Emotions
44(2)
Emotions and cognition
46(2)
Emotional labour, emotional work
48(2)
Emotions and the standards agenda
50(2)
Professional and personal identities
52(2)
The activist identity
54(2)
Changing identities
56(4)
Time to reflect
60(2)
4 The passion of commitment: job satisfaction, motivation and self-efficacy 62(20)
Characterizing commitment
64(1)
The uncommitted
65(1)
Change over time: the maturing of commitment
66(2)
Personal investment in the professional task
68(1)
Committed to learning
69(1)
Differences in support
70(2)
Efficacy
72(3)
Job satisfaction, morale and motivation
75(5)
Time to reflect
80(2)
5 Building knowledge about practice 82(23)
Models of teaching
82(4)
Flow, creativity and being close to learning
86(1)
Thoughtful tact
86(1)
Intuition and expertise
87(3)
Looking beneath the surface: the challenge of pupils' learning needs
90(4)
Multiple intelligences
94(3)
Emotional intelligence
97(2)
Spiritual intelligence
99(2)
Ethical intelligence: the moral imperative
101(3)
Time to reflect
104(1)
6 A passion for learning and development 105(29)
Making time to breathe
107(2)
The challenges of reflective practice
109(3)
Kinds of reflection
112(5)
Challenging the self: the emotional dimension
117(2)
Four modes of reflective practice
119(6)
Teachers' career phases
125(3)
Towards an optimal mix of opportunities
128(1)
In-service education and training
129(2)
Three propositions for professional development
131(2)
Time to reflect
133(1)
7 Passionate learning communities 134(24)
School cultures
136(1)
Collegiality
137(2)
Learning communities: classrooms and schools
139(3)
Connecting teachers to development: promoting teacher learning
142(3)
Networks for learning
145(1)
Teachers' learning - two examples
146(1)
The leadership role
147(2)
Collective efficacy and relational trust
149(5)
A passion for change
154(2)
Time to reflect
156(2)
8 Sustaining the passion 158(20)
Reaching a professional plateau: reorientation or continued development
159(2)
Fostering self-esteem
161(3)
Leadership issues
164(2)
Staying healthy: balancing life and work
166(5)
Self-fulfilling prophecies
171(1)
Stay connected
172(2)
Being passionate in challenging circumstances
174(2)
Sustaining the passion
176(2)
References 178(20)
Index 198

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