Hi Harry, The book that comes to mind immediately is "The Courage to Teach" by Parker Palmer. It falls under your category of "makes me think long and hard about what we do and why/how we do it".
Kelly At 01:45 PM 5/9/2006, Harry Mersmann wrote: >My friends, > >Part of my sabbatical in the Fall will give me the opportunity to read and >reflect on this elaborate >dance we call teaching/learning/education/pedagogy. I'm interested in >hearing from y'all about which >two or three books really affected your teaching, made you a better >teacher, or made you think long and >hard about what we do and how/why we do it. I'll gladly post the >assembled responses if others are >interested. > >Yours in the struggle, > >Harry J. Mersmann >San Joaquin Delta College > >"All the decent people, male and female, are feminists. The only people >who are not feminists are those >who believe that women are >inherently inferior or undeserving of the respect and opportunity afforded >men. Either you are a >feminist or you are a >sexist/misogynist. There is no box marked 'other'." --Ani DiFranco > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Teaching Sociology" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/teachsoc -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
