Overview
"Teaching with Fire is a glorious collection of thepoetry that has restored the faith of teachers in the highest, mosttranscendent values of their work with children....Those who wantus to believe that teaching is a technocratic and robotic skilldevoid of art or joy or beauty need to read this powerfulcollection. So, for that matter, do we all."
?Jonathan Kozol, author of Amazing Grace and SavageInequalities
"When reasoned argument fails, poetry helps us make sense oflife. A few well-chosen images, the spinning together of wordscreates a way of seeing where we came from and lights uppossibilities for where we might be going....Dip in, read, andponder; share with others. It's inspiration in the very bestsense."
?Deborah Meier, co-principal of The Mission Hill School, Boston andfounder of a network of schools in East Harlem, New York
"In the Confucian tradition it is said that the mark of a goldenera is that children are the most important members of the societyand teaching is the most revered profession. Our jour ney to thatideal may be a long one, but it is books like this that willsustain us - for who are we all at our best save teachers, and whomatters more to us than the children?"
?Peter M. Senge, founding chair, SoL (Society for OrganizationalLearning) and author of The Fifth Discipline
Those of us who care about the young and their education mustfind ways to remember what teaching and learning are really about.We must find ways to keep our hearts alive as we serve ourstudents. Poetry has the power to keep us vital and focused on whatreally matters in life and in schooling. Teaching with Fireis a wonderful collection of eighty-eight poems from suchwell-loved poets as Walt Whitman, Langston Hughes, Billy Collins,Emily Dickinson, and Pablo Neruda. Each of these evocative poems isaccompanied by a brief story from a teacher explaining thesignificance of the poem in his or her life's work. This beautifulbook also includes an essay that describes how poetry can be usedto grow both personally and professionally.
Teaching With Fire was written in partnership with theCenter for Teacher Formation and the Bill & Melinda GatesFoundation. Royalties from this book will be used to fundscholarship opportunities for teachers to grow and learn.
This book title, Teaching with Fire (Poetry That Sustains the Courage to Teach), ISBN: 9780787969707, by Sam M. Intrator, Megan Scribner, published by Wiley (October 10, 2003) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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