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Title: Teaching Stories by Judy Logan, Peggy McIntosh ISBN: 1-56836-276-5 Publisher: Kodansha International Pub. Date: May, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Must Read!
Comment: I am a teacher educator and a former middle school teacher and I am completely taken and inspired by Teaching Stories. Logan's experiences with middle school students and her remarkable insights into pre-adolescent development provide the reader with a joy-filled reading experience. Her teaching style and curriculum choices have created equitable and exciting classroom learning experiences. Logan's respect for her students is reflected in each chapter. It is a significant contribution for anyone interested in teaching- at any level!
Rating: 1
Summary: Complete nonsense!!
Comment: I was assigned to read this waste of paper for not one, but two graduate school classes. I even met Mrs. Logan and wondered how this women actually survived a real classroom where you are actually accountable for your actions.
I am a sucessful educator. I know that my students enjoy coming to my class everyday. Beyond that, they actually learn in my class. Not fluffy, feeling things, but true American history. My students do not spend each day writing stories and looking at fluffy clouds getting in touch with their inner children, but learning about the New Deal or the causes of the Spanish American War.
Mrs. Logan's students seem to spend all of their time sewing quilts. That is fine, but teachers in the real world have a curriculum to follow. She may dislike the "big bad tests", but that is too bad. They are a fact of life in schools across America- my principal expects me to prepare the student for those tests. I would love to ask Logan's students questions to see if they know who JFK, FDR or Rockefeller are, but at least they know how to make quilts.
She advises new teachers to abondon the material you should be teachers to just "chat" with your students. Hmm, is that why so many kids can barely read, forget about writing a resume or balancing a checkbook.
She also favors getting to know your students on a personal level. I love my students, but am fine with the fact that we part ways at 3 pm each day. She goes for ice cream with them and visits them at home. The parents must love that.
The most appalling of these little vignettes includes an episode where a 13 year old student had her first menstual period. Mrs. Logan, ever the fluffy sensitive teacher, throws the girl a special party. Is that not crossing the line? Is that even acceptable in any school in America? Not on Long Island!
This is not a book for serious educators. This is recommended by school of education professors who have no idea what it means to be a teacher!
Rating: 5
Summary: Forget about Esme--Read Judy!
Comment: If you're a pre-service or new teacher this book will spur you on. If you're a veteran, it may fan your passion and make you remember why you wanted to teach in the first place. The first story alone, on making a quilt, was worth much more than the price of the book in the many valuable lessons it taught me. If you are a teacher, read this book. If you know someone who wants to be a teacher, buy them this book.
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Title: Why Fly That Way?: Linking Community and Academic Achievement by Katherine Greeley, Kathy Greeley ISBN: 0807739804 Publisher: Teachers College Pr Pub. Date: January, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Planet of the Blind by Stephen Kuusisto ISBN: 0385333277 Publisher: Delta Pub. Date: 29 December, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: You Can't Say You Can't Play by Vivian Gussin Paley ISBN: 0674965906 Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr Pub. Date: September, 1993 List Price(USD): $13.50 |
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Title: School Days = Chemin-D'Ecole: Chemin-D'Ecole by Patrick Chamoiseau, Linda Coverdale ISBN: 0803263767 Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr Pub. Date: March, 1997 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Zami: A New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde ISBN: 0895941228 Publisher: Crossing Press Pub. Date: December, 1983 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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