| Conversations with Great Teachers Contributor(s): Smoot, Bill (Author) |
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ISBN: 0253354919 ISBN-13: 9780253354914 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $23.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - General - Education | Reference |
| Dewey: 371.100 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.3" W x 9" (1.15 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the spirit of Studs Terkel's Working, Bill Smoot interviews master teachers in fields ranging from K-12 and higher education to the arts, trades and professions, sports, and politics. The result suggests a dinner party where the most fascinating teachers in America discuss their various styles as well as what makes their work meaningful to them. What is it that passes between the best teachers and their students to make learning happen? What are the keys to teaching the joys of literature, shooting a basketball, alligator wrestling, or how to survive one's first year in the U.S. Congress? Smoot's insightful questions elicit thought-provoking reflections about teaching as a calling and its aims, frustrations, and satisfactions. |