{"product_id":"renewing-the-joys-of-teaching-9781475872286","title":"Renewing the Joys of Teaching","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerican education is in a funk. And it has been since the very start of the COVID19 epidemic, during the 4\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e quarter of the 2019-20 school year when schools across the country closed up shop or turned to what proved to be inadequate virtual learning methods. As if this weren't alarming enough, much of the malaise that set in then has yet to dissipate. Teacher shortages, lingering and unremediated student learning loss, a lack of substitute teachers, and a dearth of applicants for para-educators and other classified employees, stubbornly persist. So how do we get back to the old days' when there was still so much joy in coming to school each day? The ancient, yet surprisingly modern, philosophy of Stoicism may hold the key, even in today's increasingly diverse culture. By examining the underlying principles and a set of practical techniques from this philosophical school, as outlined in this book, school peopleteachers, administrators, teachers' aides and others-- may ver\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1: The Essence of Stoicism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2: The Stoics \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Stoic Skill 1: Negative Visualization\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4: Stoic Skill 2: Love the One You’re With, Appreciate What You Have\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Stoic Skill 3: Never Fall from Your Purpose\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6: Stoic Skill 4: Value that Which Should be Valued, Despise that Which Should Be Despised\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7: Stoic Skill 5: Spend No Time or Effort on Trifles\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8: Stoic Skill 6: Death and Focusing on What you Control, Ignoring What You Don’t \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 9: Stoic Skill 7: What the Well-Dressed Stoic is Wearing These Days\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 10: Stoic Skill 8: Do Not Seek the Preferment of Rome…or the Central Office\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 11: Stoic Skill 9: Let Nothing Perturb You, Let Naught Disturb You\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 12: Stoic Skill 10: Control Your Anger. Better Yet, Eliminate it Altogether\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 13: Stoic Skill 11: Ask Not ‘Why Me?’ but ‘Why Not Me?’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 14: Stoic Skill 12: Conclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix: Can a Christian be a Stoic? Can an Atheist?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040376258903,"sku":"9781475872286","price":55.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781475872286.jpg?v=1750946546","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/renewing-the-joys-of-teaching-9781475872286","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}