Description
Book SynopsisFinding the Teacher Self offers a foundation to begin and sustain a discussion with preservice and in-service teachers about the role of teacher identities in the classrooms, what their teacher identity is, and how they can continue to develop it. The book is intended to create a backdrop to deepen conversations with and between teachers and administrators on topics that are often avoided or devalued in the contemporary education discourse. Through the delineation of background information from scholarly sources and related discussion prompts and questions, real and constructive conversation can be fostered across the educational landscape including undergraduate and graduate classes, faculty meetings, professional development workshops, or ongoing district-based or school-based reflective teaching projects.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
Selected Works to Use Along with this Book
Part I
Chapter 1- The Teaching Mirror: What is Reflective Teaching and Why Is It Important?
Chapter 2- Who Am I Really? Framing and Forming Your Teacher Identity
Chapter 3- The Stories We Tell: Narratives and the Formation of our Identities
Chapter 4- The Space Between Us: Administrators and Creating a Culture of Reflection
Chapter 5- The Necessity of Diversity: Pinning Down Cultural Bias
Part II
Chapter 6- Us and Them: Cultural Responsiveness and the Reflective Teacher
Chapter 7- Making Peace with Ourselves: Peace Education and the Reflective Teacher
Chapter 8- Thinking and Acting: The Teacher as Scholar Activist
Chapter 9- What Don’t I Know Yet: Engaging Perpetually as a Reflective Teacher
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