Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-232) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: Public schools and the work of teachers -- Taking the long way -- Accidental teacher -- I'm not sure I want to be a "teacher" -- Who invited that guy? -- On re-becoming a teacher -- Waiting tables and juggling motherhood: taking the road less traveled -- To make sense of the world -- Looking back in wonder -- Teaching to affirm -- Teaching through light and darkness -- Teaching as a spiritual journey -- Being on a moving train -- Teaching outside the lines -- To help students name and claim the world -- Teaching for empowerment, love, and mentorship -- Colors and strands of teaching -- Opening their eyes to a new and bigger world -- Teaching to engage -- Teaching means taking risks -- Always another beginning -- To become more fully human -- Saving the world one child at a time -- Confessions of an underperforming teacher -- Becoming a life-toucher -- "...We shall have to begin with the children" -- Qualities of caring and committed teachers.
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