The Courage to Teach Guide for Reflection and Renewal [Paperback]

20th ANNIVERSARY EDITION

The Courage to Teach Guide for Reflection & Renewal is a helpful companion to Parker J. Palmer's classic work on restoring identity and integrity to professional life. A superb resource for those who wish to extend their exploration of the ideas in The Courage to Teach, as individuals or part of a study group, the Guide provides practical ways to create safe space for honest reflection and probing conversations and offers chapter-by-chapter questions and exercises to further explore the many insights in The Courage to Teach.

The bonus online content includes a 70-minute interview with Parker Palmer, in which Palmer reflects on a wide range of subjects including the heart of the teacher, the crisis in education, diverse ways of knowing, relationships in teaching and learning, approaches to institutional transformation, and teachers as culture heroes. Discussion questions related to the topics explored in the interview have been integrated into the Guide, giving individuals and study groups a chance to have a conversation with the author as well as an engagement with the text.

FOREWORD vii

INTRODUCTION 1

PART ONE Guidelines for Individual and Group Study 7

Individual Study 8

Group Study 9

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 19

PART TWO Questions and Activities for Each Chapter 21

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