The DISCIPLINE OF HOPE: LEARNING FROM A LIFETIME OF TEACHING - Hardcover

Kohl, Herbert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0684814129 ISBN 13: 9780684814124

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 1998

Synopsis

Knowledge gathered from a lifetime of teaching flows from an author who wants to heal the broken relationships between teachers and their students and to ensure that the practical insight he provides inspires positive education for years to come. 35,000 first printing.

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Review:

This is a sort of Man's Search for Meaning for educators. Why teach when America's educational system is in shambles and the students would rather scribble graffiti than learn how to write persuasive essays? Kohl, author of more than 40 books (including the classic chronicle of inner-city schools, 36 Children), offers provocative reasons in this retrospective of his decades as an innovative teacher of all grades, from kindergarten to college-level.

Kohl doesn't sugarcoat his career; he acknowledges his missteps. But he focuses on the core of his teaching style: he triumphantly looks to his students for inspiration. Kohl also forms his curriculums with his students, not for them: he included street theater and poetry writing in an alternative storefront classroom in Berkeley, California, in the 1960s, and convinced an elementary school to serve in its cafeteria the produce grown in a student-cultivated garden. Although his students were disrupted by the Vietnam War, by poverty, and by the civil rights movement, he formed lasting bonds with them--some children whom he taught in kindergarten reappear in his college lecture halls. This is a book for both freshly certified teachers and veterans, as Kohl reassuringly illustrates that through the faith and creativity of teachers, the spirit and love of learning will emerge in students.

About the Author:

Herbert Kohl has been teaching and writing for more than thirty years. He has taught every grade from kindergarten to graduate school and has written more than forty books, including the classic work 36 Children. He is a Senior Fellow at The Open Society Institute. Kohl lives in Point Arena, California, with his wife.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0684814129
• ISBN 13: 9780684814124
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 352