The art of teaching
By: Jay Parini.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780195169690
Subjects: Parini, Jay.; College teachers -- United States -- Biography.; College teaching -- Vocational guidance.
Genres: Biography.
Description: Writer and critic Parini looks back over his own decades of trials, errors, and triumphs, in a memoir replete with hard-won wisdom about the teacher's craft for instructors of all levels. He offers valuable insight into the many challenges that educators face, from establishing a persona in the classroom, to fostering relationships with students, to balancing a teaching load with academic writing and research.
Table of contents: title: Beginnings; title: My life in school; title: The teaching life; title: Nitty-gritty; title: Endings.