Parker J Palmer

Palmer's classic teaching manual builds on the simple premise that good teaching cannot be reduced to technique but is rooted in the identity and integrity of the teacher. Good teaching takes myriad forms but good teachers share one trait: they are authentically present in the classroom, in community with their students and their subject. They possess "a capacity for connectedness" and are able to weave a complex web of connections between themselves,...

Finding one's calling is not just about finding something we can do—it is about finding what we can't not do. “Let your life speak” is a time-honored Quaker admonition to live one's life as witness to the deepest truths one knows. But as Parker Palmer explains, those words can also mean “listen to your life, and let it tell you what your truth is.” Vocation, he writes, comes not from external demands but from listening to the true self,...

Si eres un maestro que nunca tienen días malos, o que los tienes pero no te preocupa, esta libro no es para ti. Este libro es para maestros que tienen días buenos y días malos, y a quienes los días malos les provocan sufrimiento porque aman profundamente lo que hacen y se niegan a endurecer sus corazones. En nuestras prisas por reformar la educación, hemos olvidado una verdad muy sencilla: nunca se lograr a una verdadera reforma si seguimos menospreciando...