The Skillful Teacher: On Technique, Trust, and Responsiveness in the Classroom - Softcover

Brookfield, Stephen D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0787956058 ISBN 13: 9780787956059

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2000

Synopsis

Now in Paperback! "Insights and practical suggestions to college educators for whom teaching students is a major part of their professional responsibility.... [Brookfield] will become to the field of education what Peter Drucker has become to management: a scholar who educates and influences practitioners in the field through incisive and challenging writing."
–– Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education

"Readable, innovative, and perceptive. . . . The final chapters on the political realities and phenomenological truths of college teaching alone are worth the price of the book, especially for prospective, new, or veteran college, adult, or continuing education teachers."
––Choice

Brookfield shows new and veteran teachers how to thrive on the unpredictability and diversity of classroom life. He draws from his own teaching experience and extensive research to identify critical areas in the teacher–learner relationship––such as building trust with students and overcoming resistance to learning.

About this title

About the Author:

STEPHEN D. BROOKFIELD is Distinguished Professor at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Prior to moving to Minnesota, he was professor in the department of higher and adult education at Teachers College, Columbia University, where he is still adjunct professor. A three–time winner of the Cyril O. Houle World Award for Literature in Adult Education, he also serves as a consultant to the adult education doctoral program at National Louis University in Chicago.

About this edition

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0787956058
• ISBN 13: 9780787956059
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256