The Education of a Teacher: Including Dirty Books and Pointed Looks
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| Rating | : | 4.18 (570 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 145025098X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 264 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-04-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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C. Cooper said NOT just a book for teachers .. I was completely engaged--each chapter introduces a specific story that relates to one or more of the author's experiences. The character development of the students who "star" in each chapter is rich and satisfying. It all flowed together seemlessly and, yes, I was left wanting to read even more.In the late 1960's, as a freshly graduated teacher, Mrs. VanKirk embarked on a NOT just a book for teachers . I was completely engaged--each chapter introduces a specific story that relates to one or more of the author's experiences. The character development of the students who "star" in each chapter is rich and satisfying. It all flowed together seemlessly and, yes, I was left wanting to read even more.In the late 1960's, as a freshly graduated teacher, Mrs. VanKirk embarked on a 30-(plus)-year high school teaching career at Monmouth High School in a small Western Illinois city. This is not only a book for educators or aspiring educators--it's also a sociolo. 0-(plus)-year high school teaching career at Monmouth High School in a small Western Illinois city. This is not only a book for educators or aspiring educators--it's also a sociolo. Rick Williams said Touching Lives Forever. In her memoir, Van Kirk, tells of her amazing journey through self-discovery as a young teacher in a small Midwestern town. From the first page, Van Kirk draws her readers into the novel with her conversational tone and vivid descriptions. Her characters leap off the pages and the reader becomes immersed in their stories. In telling of the trials and triumphs during her thirty-four years of teaching, Van Kirk gives the reader wonderful insight into the life of a teacher. Van Kirk epitomizes the definition of teacher, someone who not only instructs stud. What an Education! Van Kirk's beautiful writing style and absorbing stories make for a heartwarming, and at times, heartbreaking experience. Valuable lessons for many audiences lie within these pages.I truly struggled to put it down.
Susan Van Kirk taught at Monmouth High School for thirty-four years. She currently lives in Monmouth, Illinois, and teaches at Monmouth College. . She earned a BA from Knox College and a M.Ed. from the University of Illinois. From this collection, her story "War and Remembrance" was published in Teacher Magazine
From the AuthorAn Interview with Susan Van KirkQ: What readers will most enjoy The Education of a Teacher?A: People who want to be teachers or who are studying to be teachers will love this book. It isn't about benchmarks or standardized testing, subjects that seem to be driving the curriculum these days. Instead, it is about the "messy" side of teaching where human beings interact. The joys, frustrations, exhaustion, pain, and love of the profession are all deeply imbedded in these stories. One of our state universities is currently using my book in their classes for education students, prior to student-teaching, where it works well because it is from a teacher's viewpoint. People often ask how I can remember conversat
When Susan Van Kirk drove into little Monmouth, Illinois, in 1968-straight out of college, with her teaching degree in hand-she thought she was ready to teach English and speech to high school students. "In 1968, at age twenty-one, I was sure I had all the answers I needed to know about teaching five classes a day in a real high school I had no idea how naïve I was!" Every teacher's career is a journey of discovery that begins with rookie insecurities and moves toward self-confidence and understanding. She didn't realize that, for the rest of her career, she would both teach and be taught by a town, a school, and the students who entered her life. A veteran of thirty-four years in public high school teaching, Van Kirk will take you on a passionate and unforgettable journey through one teaching life. This montage of stories covers the years 1968 to 2008; they describe her early fears about classroom discipline, plots to overthrow "the rookie," handing drug overdoses, the devastating first student death, and a challenge to a major Kurt Vonnegut book in her classroom.. Meet her students and experience the events that molded a rookie teacher into a veteran