Learning in Small Moments: Life in an Urban Classroom

Daniel Meier

ISBN 10: 0807736260 / ISBN 13: 9780807736265

Published by Teachers' College Press, 1997

About this Item

A chronicle of the ups-and-downs of two young first-grade teachers in an urban public school. Through their recollections, memories and excerpts from journals and student work, they show that the heart of teaching and learning is tied to the overall quality of human interaction in the classroom.

Seller Inventory # CIN0807736260G

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Learning in Small Moments: Life in an Urban Classroom
• Publisher: Teachers' College Press
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807736260
• ISBN 13: 9780807736265
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

Chronicles the ups-and-downs of two young, first-grade teachers in an urban public school. Through rich, detailed portraits, excerpts from teacher journals, student work, and lived memories and recollections, Daniel Meier shows that the heart of teaching and learning in our culturally diverse urban schools is tied to the overall quality of human interaction in the classroom.

Book Description

"I know that every classroom teacher will read this with bated breath, perhaps even with a small knot in the pit of their stomach at times. What will the kids do next? Will it have a happy ending? . . . I think parents, too–regardless of race or class–will recognize their teachers, their children, and their schools in this account."
—From the Foreword by Deborah Meier

"I tell the story of our year together because teachers, educators, parents, and others are always in need of personal, direct accounts from the classroom. . . . I hope readers will see and hear and feel the voices in this story according to their own experiences and hopes and dreams for our children and schools."
—From the Introduction