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Conversations with Great Teachers
Contributor(s): Smoot, Bill (Author)

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 ISBN: 0253354919     ISBN-13: 9780253354914
Publisher: Indiana University Press
OUR PRICE: $23.70  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: May 2010
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BISAC Categories:
- Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - General
- Education | Reference
Dewey: 371.100
Age Level: 22-UP
Grade Level: 17-UP
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.3" W x 9" L (1.15 lbs) 272 pages
Features: Dust Cover, Price on Product, Table of Contents
Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2010 pg. 219
 
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In the spirit of Studs Terkel's Working, Bill Smoot interviews master teachers in fields ranging from K-12 and higher education to the arts, trades and professions, sports, and politics. The result suggests a dinner party where the most fascinating teachers in America discuss their various styles as well as what makes their work meaningful to them. What is it that passes between the best teachers and their students to make learning happen? What are the keys to teaching the joys of literature, shooting a basketball, alligator wrestling, or how to survive one's first year in the U.S. Congress? Smoot's insightful questions elicit thought-provoking reflections about teaching as a calling and its aims, frustrations, and satisfactions.
 
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