{"product_id":"about-becoming-a-teacher-paperback","title":"About Becoming a Teacher - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Ayers\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEducation activist William Ayers invites new and prospective teachers to consider the deepest dimensions of a life in teaching. Should I become a teacher? How can I get to know my students? What commitments come with me into the classroom? How do I develop my unique teaching signature? In his new book, \u003cem\u003eabout Becoming A Teacher\u003c\/em\u003e, Ayers muses on 10 such questions (and a little more) to shape and structure an indispensable guide that features hands-on advice and concrete examples of classroom practice, including curriculum-making, building relationships with students and parents, fostering an effective learning environment, and teaching toward freedom. This brilliant and concise text offers a conception of teaching as both practical art and essentially ethical practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eBook Features: \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eSpecific strategies for becoming a successful classroom teacher.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eForegrounds the ethical and intellectual qualities of excellent teaching.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRecognizes the complexity of teaching even as it provides a map to achieve excellence.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAccessible without oversimplifying the content and reducing teaching to something anemic and superficial.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eWilliam Ayers \u003c\/strong\u003eis Distinguished Professor of Education and Senior University Scholar at the University of Illinois at Chicago (retired), education activist, and author of \u003cem\u003e Teaching the Taboo: Courage and Imagination in the Classroom\u003c\/em\u003e (with Rick Ayers), \u003cem\u003eTo Teach: The Journey of a Teacher, Third Edition\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eTo Teach: The Journey, in Comics\u003c\/em\u003e (with Ryan Alexander-Tanner).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.1 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 05, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42726074023999,"sku":"9780807761496","price":59.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/b8aa5cbbb61c33063b1e7d958cc40793.webp?v=1765109127","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/about-becoming-a-teacher-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}