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Title
The art of teaching / Jay Parini.
Author
ISBN
0195169697 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Language
English
Description
xi, 160 p. ; 19 cm.
Item Number
9780195169690
Call Number
LA2317.P335 A3 2005
Dewey Decimal Classification
378.1/2
Summary
Writer and critic Parini looks back over his own decades of trials, errors, and triumphs, in a memoir replete with hard-won wisdom about the teacher's craft for instructors of all levels. He offers valuable insight into the many challenges that educators face, from establishing a persona in the classroom, to fostering relationships with students, to balancing a teaching load with academic writing and research.
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Table of Contents
Beginnings
My life in school
The teaching life
Nitty-gritty
Endings.
My life in school
The teaching life
Nitty-gritty
Endings.