Teaching to Learn, Learning to Teach

Preface: Our Approach to Teaching xiii

About the Authors xiv

Rationale and Description xiv

Contributors xv

BOOK I: GOALS AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR TEACHERS 1

A Letter to Future Teachers 1

1 Goals: Why Do You Want to Be a Teacher? 5

A: The Challenge 6

B: How Do Your Beliefs About the World Shape Your Teaching? 7

John Dewey’s Philosophy of Education 8

Paulo Freire’s Philosophy of Education 9

Septima Clark’s Philosophy of Education 10

Other Educational Thinkers You Should Know 11

C: How Ideas Shape Our Teaching 13

Which One Is English? 14

D: Becoming a Teacher 1: New Teachers Discuss Their Ideas 16

My Dreams and Hopeby Christina Agosti-Dircks 17

Race and U.S. Politics and Educationby Howard Fuchs 18

I Want to Give Back to the Communityby Pedro Sierra 19

A Moral Obligation to Care About Othersby Gayle Meinkes-Lumia 21

Teaching as an Act of Resistanceby Michael Pezone 22

Faith in God Gives Me Faith in Myselfby Deon Gordon Mitchell 23

E: Why Do You Want to Be a Teacher? 24

F: First-Semester Education Students Reflect on Their Experience 25

My Secondary Education General Methods Reflective Practice Journal

by Alice Van Tassell 25

My Secondary Education General Methods Reflective Practice Journal

by Maritza Perez 29

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