A Teacher's Reflection Book: Exercises, Stories, Invitations

Peters, Jean,Weisberg, Mark

ISBN 10: 159460942X / ISBN 13: 9781594609428

Published by Carolina Academic Press, 2011

About this Item

Good: A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, highlighting of text, writing in margins. No missing pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Teacher's Reflection Book: Exercises, Stories, Invitations
• Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 159460942X
• ISBN 13: 9781594609428
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

About this title

Synopsis

In university teachers' hectic lives, finding space to reflect, restore, renew, and recommit can seem impossible. Jean Koh Peters and Mark Weisberg believe regular reflection is critical and have designed A Teacher's Reflection Book to help teachers and other professionals find that space. Growing out of the authors' extensive experience facilitating retreats and leading teaching and learning workshops, the book builds on their discoveries in those settings, supporting and promoting teachers' self-directed development.

Inviting that development, A Teacher's Reflection Book is a cornucopia of stories, exercises, and examples that will inspire teachers to make reflection a cornerstone of their daily lives. With its multiple suggestions and strategies, it offers something for every reader, and is responsive to teachers' needs at all stages of their careers.

The book's six chapters offer readers several perspectives from which to reflect. Some sections offer glimpses of teachers in the midst of their daily teaching lives, while others step away, inviting readers to reflect on what it means to have a vocation as a teacher.

The book explores how we listen, a crucial yet rarely taught skill, essential for reflecting, as well as for learning and teaching. And it invites teachers to reflect on their students: who they are, and what and how they learn. For those latter reflections, the authors turn the focus on fear, which so pervades university life and which can distort learners' and teachers' perspectives and responses. Throughout this book, readers will visit several classrooms and listen to the evocative voices of several thoughtful students.

Revelatory, practical, and wise, A Teacher's Reflection Book is a valuable companion and guide.

About the Authors

Jean Koh Peters is the Sol Goldman Clinical Professor of Law and Supervising Attorney at Yale Law School.

Mark Weisberg is Professor of Law (Emeritus) at Queen's University, where he also served as Professor of Education (cross-appointed) and Educational Development Faculty Associate at the Queen's Centre for Teaching and Learning.