To become a teacher : making a difference in children's lives / William Ayers, editor ; foreword by Jonathan Kozol.

Other author Ayers, William, 1944-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Teachers College Press, ©1995.
Descriptionxiv, 247 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Teachers--United States.
Teaching.

Contents Foreword / Jonathan Kozol -- Introduction : Joining the ranks / William Ayers -- Part I : Becoming a teacher / William Ayers -- Letter to a young teacher / Joseph Featherstone -- Taking teaching seriously / Suzanne C. Carother -- I just want to be myself : discovering what students bring to school "in their blood" / Lisa Delpit -- Seeing the child, knowing the person / Nancy Balaban -- Part II : Thinking and teaching / William Ayers -- Choosing a past and inventing a future : the becoming of a teacher / Maxine Grene -- A teacher's awesome power / Mary Anne Taywid -- Get ready, get set, teach! / Patricia Redd Johnson -- Reconstruction alternatives : opening the curriculum / Monroe D. Cohen -- Building a safe community for learning / Mara Sapon-Shevin -- Harout and I : a short story for the becoming teacher / Artin Göncü -- Part III : Reinventing schools / William Ayers -- Reexaminations : what is the teacher and what is teaching? / Lillian Weber -- Is there room for children's inventive capacity in the curriculum? / Hubert Dyasi -- Democratic classrooms, democratic schools / Bruce Knaze -- The complexity of teaching / Rita Tenorio -- How to write a lesson plan / Susan Huddleston Edgerton -- The scary part is that it happens without us knowing / Helen Featherstone, Patty Gregorich, Tricia Niesz, and Lauren Jones Young -- Conclusion : ten alternative classrooms / William Ayers -- Appendix A : Getting a life: a new teacher's guide / Joseph Featherston.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 95010676
ISBN080773456X (alk. paper)
ISBN0807734551 (pbk. : alk. paper)