
Quotable Teacher
Randy Howe(Editor)
The Lyons Press
Published on 1. November 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-1-59228-970-7 (ISBN)
Description
If teaching is an art form, then students are the canvas. A passionate teacher has the power to change lives, and in turn, help shape tomorrow's world. With reflections from notables including Aesop, Woody Allen, Maya Angelou, Bill Clinton, Bill Cosby, Helen Keller, Langston Hughes, and John F. Kennedy, these inspirational and informative words of wisdom discuss everything from the importance of teaching and learning to dealing with discipline and classroom management.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Guilford
United States
Publishing group
Rowman & Littlefield
Target group
Adult education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 180 mm
Width: 151 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
343 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59228-970-7 (9781592289707)
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Person
RANDY HOWE has taught public school at the elementary, middle, and high school levels and did his administrative work at Teachers College Columbia University. Currently, he teaches special education in Connecticut where he lives with his wife and two children.
Content
IntroductionThe Importance of Teaching and LearningThe Backbone of DemocracyThose Who TeachThe Philosophy Behind Good TeachingThe Need to Think Outside of the BoxThat's What the Silence Is For: The Process of LearningDiscipline and Classroom ManagementThose We TeachThe Motivational and the InspirationalFrom the Agreeable to the Outright LaughableBiographies