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Bloomsbury presents Pedagogy in Process by Paulo Friere, read by Matthew Hendrickson Pedagogy in Process presents a first-hand account of the most comprehensive attempt yet to put into practice Paulo Freire’s theory of education within a real societal setting. When Guinea Bissau on the West...

The post-industrial city of Akron, Ohio is losing its trees. Politicians have been selling off the community’s greenspace instead of fixing up the areas in blight. However when a developer comes in with plans to destroy a forested wetland on White Pond Drive, a group of concerned citizens begin speaking up. One of the people involved is a biology teacher hoping to protect the frogs and other wildlife in the area before her memories of them are all that’s left.

Growing up in poverty, and neglected and abused by her own mother and stepfather, Jaz Ampaw-Farr was destined to become a statistic. Her story was changed, however, by five teachers who made a point of putting human connection first, despite the challenges of the education system. Because of these people, Jaz went on to become a teacher, writer and award-winning international speaker who, through celebration and provocation, engages educators and galvanises them into embracing the difference that they can make when they, too, put being a human first.

¿Alguien se habría imaginado que, en un hospital, además de médicos y personal sanitario, habría otro tipo de profesionales? En principio, estas personas no se dedican a asuntos relacionados con la salud, pero realizan una tarea imprescindible para el proceso hospitalario. Hablamos de maestros. ¿Alguien se habría imaginado que, en un hospital, podría existir una escuela que se ocupase de atender a los pacientes en edad escolar? Esta historia es el testimonio inspirador de Miguel Pérez, maestro de Educación Especial en el Aula Hospitalaria CPEE Hospital del Niño Jesús en Madrid.

At a time when Booker T. Washington is being rediscovered by African Americans today, the author offers a compelling look at the man and the qualities of leadership he embodied in his life and work. The result is a timeless message of hope, empowerment, and responsibility, which Washington himself characterized as the training of head, heart, and hand.

Durante treinta años, la autora dio clases en una escuela de élite, y durante los treinta años siguientes se dedicó a la educación de los más desfavorecidos y marginados. La diferencia entre ellos es abismal, pero la autora demuestra que tanto en unos como en otros los niños y los jóvenes son dignos de descubrir el mundo –así como aquel maestro de Camus consideraba a sus alumnos.

Perles et incongruités des inspecteurs de l'Éducation nationale ! En 42 ans de carrière à l'Éducation nationale, Patrice Romain en a vu défiler, des inspecteurs ! Des jeunes ambitieux, des vieux désabusés, des débonnaires, des prétentieux, des bienveillants, des sadiques, des petits, des grands, des bons, des méchants... Après chacune de leurs visites, il a soigneusement noté leurs réactions face à des élèves imprévisibles, leurs propos " off " concernant les profs inspectés et leurs remarques acerbes ou désabusées vis-à-vis de leur hiérarchie et du devoir de réserve.

Most educators are remembered in passing – their legacies often confined to classroom walls and fleeting school years. But imagine a world where teachers can reconnect with their former students, not just as distant memories, but as influential figures in their lives once again. Teachers for Life introduces us to two educators who seize this very opportunity.

This book tells the story of a time when society was divided and Harvard was becoming what it is today. It is not an exhaustive biography, but it has family information which puts things in perspective, and tells how he and Mather, who were about the same age, lived through the Salem witch trials. Leverett was busy writing logic textbooks in Latin at the time, but didn't dare speak out against the leader of the colony.

Şişman Kız Tombul Teyze, birçok dikkat çekici özelliği yanı sıra Yaratıcı Drama eğitmenliği ile Türkiye’nin ilkleri arasına girmiş bir eğitimcinin, bir uzmanın anıları ve öz yaşam öyküsünü aktarıyor dinleyiciye. Ankara’nın eski zamanlarından Kıbrıs’ın güneşli denizine Küba’nın tütün kokan akşamlarına kadar uzanan bir öykü bu. İçinde gençleri, çocukları, yetişkinleri sevgisiyle, özeniyle besleyen bir öykü... Elma Yayınevi, eğitimle büyüyen eğitimle çoğalan ve eğittikçe nefes alan bir hocanın kitabında yeniden merhaba diyor sizlere.

Arkadaşlarının, öğretmenlerinin hatta zaman zaman ailesinin dahi yanında olmakta zorlandığı tourette sendromlu Brad Cohen, stres altında ürettiği seğirmelerin ve çıkardığı seslerin üzerinde hâkimiyeti olmamasına rağmen birçok kişi tarafından yaramazlık yapmak isteyen bir çocuk olarak görülüyordu. Ama Brad Cohen varoluş mücadelesini, acınma hislerine değil; sarsılmaz kararlılık, mücadeleci iletişim ve son derece olumlu tavrıyla inşa etmek istedi. Öğretmenlik eğitimi aldı. Tam 24 iş görüşmesinden sonra kendisine inanan bir okulda öğretmenliğe başladı.

I Didn’t Sign Up For This: One Classroom Teacher’s Journey Through Emotional Fatigue to Personal Empowerment is an intimate look at how today’s teachers feel and what they can do to reclaim their confidence and joy to be the teachers they were always meant to be. Integrating self-discovery and personal experiences from nearly two decades of teaching high school English, author Diane Manser shares her realization that teaching is an emotional profession that needs to be viewed as such.

A shockingly frank memoir from a prize-winning economist, reflecting on his remarkable personal odyssey and his changing positions on identity, race, and belief.

Let the Sunday Times bestselling authors and hosts of Two Mr Ps in a Pod(cast) lead you through the school year… Does the phrase ‘back to school’ fill you with dread? Or does it bring delight … until you see the size of your September to-do list? Can you really be expected to keep track...

How could a 66-year-old grandmother, who gave her life to helping people with their health, become the subject of a malicious smear campaign which resulted in her being classified as a serious threat to public health in Australia? This book exposes the hypocrisy of the organization Friends of Science in Medicine who act as 'friends of science', but are in reality pharmaceutical apologists and the 'Enemies of Truth in Medical Science'. Barbara became collateral damage in the war on any dissent from mainstream medical dogma.

I asked my Year 1 class, ‘What’s the best thing that’s ever happened to you?’ George Pointon asks his class a lot of questions. What do you want to be when you grow up? What do you reckon your parents do while you’re at school? Can you put that down, please? JJ, the stapler – can you...

A young teacher buys a one-way ticket to Shishmaref, Alaska. Within minutes of landing, she finds herself dealing with unexpected, rustic accommodations, and the culture shock of living in a remote Iñuit community. She relies on her courage, resilience, and wit while enduring freezing temperatures, power outages, loneliness, and first-year teacher anxieties and missteps, but eventually realizes that those challenges pale in comparison to the life lessons she learns about the heart of teaching.

In childhood, Amy Hallberg receives a dollhouse that—while given with love—carries steep expectations. Forty years later, Amy walks away from her teaching career to forge a new life as a writer. The dollhouse reemerges as a mirror on Minnesota Nice, that familiar culture Amy’s been afraid to examine too closely.

Confessions of an English Teacher: How High School and Community College English Departments Can Improve Instruction is designed to help English departments improve the instruction they deliver to students. It is a follow-up to the book Confessions of an English Teacher: A Memoir of My Teaching Years. In the memoir book, I discovered several vital things English departments can do to radically alter their approach to teaching English. Teaching English has fallen into patterns that research has indicated need to be revised.

Yliana Rodríguez González, doctora en Letras especializada en el siglo XIX mexicano, habla de las tareas a las que se dedica un investigador en la universidad, de cómo leemos y de su trabajo, más divertido de lo que parece, en esta entrevista con Mónica Braun, directora de Nieve de Chamoy...