Teachers Who Change Lives - Softcover

Metcalfe, Andrew; Game, Ann

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9780522851755: Teachers Who Change Lives

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ISBN 10: 0522851754 ISBN 13: 9780522851755

Publisher: Melbourne University Press, 2006

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Concerns outstanding teachers, and the qualities that enable them to help change students lives for the better. This book focuses on learning and teaching as a relationship. It is based on interviews with prominent Australians talking about the teachers who helped shape them, and on interviews with teachers well-known for their excellence.

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"Teachers Who Change Lives" concerns outstanding teachers, and the qualities that enable them to help change students lives for the better. It focuses on learning and teaching as a relationship. The book is based on interviews with prominent Australians talking about the teachers who helped shape them, and on interviews with teachers well-known for their excellence. Andrew Metcalfe and Ann Game argue that outstanding teachers do not direct students, but instead draw out their potential, encouraging them to become more truly themselves. This occurs when teachers have respect for the unique wholeness of each student. The book is concerned with how teachers meet the challenge of maintaining their appreciation of students' wholeness, even in crowded classrooms and stressful conditions. The prominent achievers interviewed in this book include: Stephanie Alexander, Dawn Casey, Betty Churcher, Greg Chappell, Raimond Gaita, Helen Garner, Shane Gould, Nick Jose and Michael Kirby.

About the Author:

Andrew Metcalfe and Ann Game are both associate professors in the School of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of New South Wales. In 2003 they were awarded the UNSW Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching. They have been teaching and writing together for more than 15 years, and their previous books include "The First Year Experience, ""The Mystery of Everyday Life, "and the Amalfi Prize-nominated "Passionate Sociology."

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