Quotable Teacher

by Randy Howe (Editor)

Overview

If teaching is an art form, then students are the canvas. A passionate teacher has the power to change lives, and in turn, help shape tomorrow’s world. With reflections from notables including Aesop, Woody Allen, Maya Angelou, Bill Clinton, Bill Cosby, Helen Keller, Langston Hughes, and John F. Kennedy, these inspirational and informative words of wisdom discuss everything from the importance of teaching and learning to dealing with discipline and classroom management.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781592289707
Publisher:	Globe Pequot Publishing
Publication date:	09/01/2006
Series:	Quotable
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	5.88(w) x 6.88(h) x 0.93(d)

About the Author

RANDY HOWE has taught public school at the elementary, middle, and high school levels and did his administrative work at Teachers College Columbia University. Currently, he teaches special education in Connecticut where he lives with his wife and two children.

Table of Contents

Introduction

The Importance of Teaching and Learning

The Backbone of Democracy

Those Who Teach

The Philosophy Behind Good Teaching

The Need to Think Outside of the Box

That's What the Silence Is For: The Process of Learning

Discipline and Classroom Management

Those We Teach

The Motivational and the Inspirational

From the Agreeable to the Outright Laughable

Biographies