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"This book is for people thinking about becoming teachers as well as for people in teacher training and for people who are in the classroom and think of themselves as still learning how to teach. It is about the specifics of working with children and developing curriculum material. It is also about educational politics, the social structure of the school, and the ways in which the feelings we have as adults reflect the work we do in school."
--from the Preface by Herbert Kohl
Herbert Kohl is one of America's most thoughtful and best known-writers on education. In "On Teaching "he explores the reasons people choose to teach in elementary and secondary schools. He describes the skills and techniques they must develop in dealing with students and parents. He stresses the importance of becoming attuned to the social system that exists among fellow teachers as well as among the members of the community one serves.
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Review
"["On Teaching"] may well be the most important work of this half-century for teachers."
--"Choice"
About the Author
Teacher, educator, and author, Herb Kohl is presently at the Coastal Ridge Research and Education Center in Point Arena, California. He and his wife, Judith, won the National Book Award in 1978 for "The View from the Oak."
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On Teaching
Seller: Eat My Words Books, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Binding is solid. Pages unmarked and only slightly aged. Cloth/paper cover has a little wear to edges. Dustjacket is generally scuffed and worn, with several tears. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 185 pages. Seller Inventory # 35840
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On Teaching Kohl
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Schocken, New York, 1976
ISBN 10: 0805236333
ISBN 13: 9780805236330
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very solid and clean HARD COVER. DUST JACKET is intact with some minor shelf wear and minor staining on the edges. 185 pages EDU 023412 CARP. Seller Inventory # 023412
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ON TEACHING
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New York, Schocken Books, 1976, First Edition, 1976
ISBN 10: 0805236333
ISBN 13: 9780805236330
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Seller: Virginia Martin, aka bookwitch, Concord, CA, U.S.A.
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Octavo, softcover, VG in VG red dj with yellow lettering. 185 pp. including index. Teaching is hard work -- part craft, part art, part technique, part politics. It involves "risks, enormous humor, and good feeling, play, conflict, and hard knowledge about things like reading and history and science and math. Choosing to be a teacher is not a light decision. Book. Seller Inventory # 56510