Real teachers
Subtitle: true stories of renegade educators
By: Stuart Grauer
Publisher: SelectBooks
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
ISBN-13: 9781590799543
Subjects: Teaching; Conduct of life; Teachers; Anecdotes
Description: "Head of private secondary school in Southern California explores the meaning of an authentic education. In his stories of discoveries about teaching, he hopes to inspire students and teachers to transcend the common belief that efficient delivery of a standardized core curriculum is the essential value of educators--and to expect much more from themselves and their schools"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-200).
Table of contents: title: Real teachers: oil on canvas; title: Digging a hole; title: Hostile Indians attack schoolhouse; title: Leaving the John Muir Trail; title: Succotash and regional teaching; title: Chief Tayuk, Guy the bear hunter, and me; title: Men in decline; title: Single handing it in an age of fear; title: The awakeners; title: Who gets grandpa's tools.