DVD included.

Includes index.

SUMMARY:

"The Courage to Teach Guide for Reflection and Renewal, 10th-anniversary edition, is a superb resource for those who wish to extend their exploration of the ideas and the courage to teach, as individuals or as part of a study group. The guide has been thoroughly updated and expanded to help readers reflect on their teaching and renew their sense of vocation. The guide proposes practical ways to create ''safe space'' for honest reflection and probing conversation, and offers chapter-by-chapter questions and exercises to explore the many insights in the courage to teach." (Book Cover)

CONTENTS:

Foreword

Introduction

PART ONE: Guidelines for Individual and Group Study

Individual Study

Group Study
Membership and Leadership
Physical Space
Intellectual Space
Emotional Space
Spiritual Space
Six Paradoxes of Space
The Clearness Committee
Touchstones for Creating Safe Spaces

A Word of Encouragement

PART TWO: Questions and Activities for Each Chapter

I. The Heart of a Teacher: Identity and Integrity in Teaching

II. A Culture of Fear: Education and the Disconnected Life

III. The Hidden Wholeness: Paradox in Teaching and Learning

IV. Knowing in Community: Joined by the Grace of Great Things

V. Teaching in Community: A Subject-Centered Education

VI. Learning in Community: The Conversation of Colleagues

VII. Divided No More: Teaching from a Heart of Hope

Afterword to the Tenth Anniversary Edition

The New Professional: Education for Transformation

APPENDICES

A. Suggestions for Organizing a Courage to Teach Book Discussion Group / David Leo Nyquist Sample Invitation Letter for a Courage to Teach
Book Discussion Group
Sample Follow Up Letter for a Courage to Teach
Book Discussion Group

B. The Heart of a Teacher: Identity and Integrity in Teaching (an essay from Change magazine that summarizes The Courage to Teach)

C. The Clearness Committee: A Communal Approach to Discernment

D. About the Center for Courage & Renewal

E. The Courage to Teach: A Retreat Program for Personal Renewal and Institutional Transformation / Parker J. Palmer

F. Resources for Courage to Teach Discussion Groups

The Authors

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