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Teaching for the Students: Habits of Heart, Mind, and Practice in the Engaged Classroom [Paperback] [2011] (Author) Bob Fecho
“In this age of unparalleled accountability, our students seem to get lost in the shuffle of standards-driven curricula and other external factors. . . . Have we forgotten what authentic teaching and learning look and sound like? Have we forgotten that students must always be at the center of our teaching? Bob Fecho hasn’t, and this beautiful and thought-provoking book is proof.”
—From the Foreword by Deborah Appleman , Hollis L. Caswell Professor of Educational Studies, Carleton College “Teaching for the Students is a stunning memoir and vision for dialogical teaching as it has been and as it could be. An elegant writer and a gifted educator, Bob Fecho offers CPR to teachers caught in the madness of national testing regimes.”
— Michelle Fine , Distinguished Professor of Psychology, The Graduate Center, City University of New York In this follow-up to his popular book, “Is This English?,” Bob Fecho explores dialogic teaching—what it is and how teachers can move toward more reflective teaching practices. Fecho provides a framework to help teachers develop the necessary focuses, perceptions, and intellectual habits that will result in an ever-enriching dialogue with their practice. Chapters like “Using the Difficulty” consider how an obstacle in the classroom can become a teachable moment, and “Wobble” asks teachers to be alert to when their beliefs are challenged by students and colleagues—and what can be learned in the balancing act. With anecdotes and scenarios from the author’s own experience teaching adolescents and pre-service teachers, this engaging book will resonate with educators busy with today’s overcrowded curriculums. Book Bob Fecho is a professor in the Language and Literacy Education Department at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia. He is the recipient of both the Richard Meade and Alan Purvis awards given by the National Council of Teachers of English. His books include “Is This English?”: Race, Language, and Culture in the Classroom which received the James N. Britton award, CEE/NCTE.
—From the Foreword by Deborah Appleman , Hollis L. Caswell Professor of Educational Studies, Carleton College “Teaching for the Students is a stunning memoir and vision for dialogical teaching as it has been and as it could be. An elegant writer and a gifted educator, Bob Fecho offers CPR to teachers caught in the madness of national testing regimes.”
— Michelle Fine , Distinguished Professor of Psychology, The Graduate Center, City University of New York In this follow-up to his popular book, “Is This English?,” Bob Fecho explores dialogic teaching—what it is and how teachers can move toward more reflective teaching practices. Fecho provides a framework to help teachers develop the necessary focuses, perceptions, and intellectual habits that will result in an ever-enriching dialogue with their practice. Chapters like “Using the Difficulty” consider how an obstacle in the classroom can become a teachable moment, and “Wobble” asks teachers to be alert to when their beliefs are challenged by students and colleagues—and what can be learned in the balancing act. With anecdotes and scenarios from the author’s own experience teaching adolescents and pre-service teachers, this engaging book will resonate with educators busy with today’s overcrowded curriculums. Book Bob Fecho is a professor in the Language and Literacy Education Department at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia. He is the recipient of both the Richard Meade and Alan Purvis awards given by the National Council of Teachers of English. His books include “Is This English?”: Race, Language, and Culture in the Classroom which received the James N. Britton award, CEE/NCTE.
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First published July 1, 2011
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October 19, 2017
A wonderful, quick reflection on the purpose of school and how to ensure that classrooms are places of dialogue, not monologue. The author's passion for meaningful education shines through and is worth reading if only for purposes of re-dedication.
April 8, 2017
Had to read for our Professional Learning Community....AWFUL!!! I wish I could have selected a book that would have been beneficial to me for my everyday classroom use; I know of several titles I would have loved to have used, but that was not permitted! Mandatory read! :-(
June 18, 2019
Very thought provoking, I enjoyed the risk he made the reader feel.
January 13, 2013
The reason I love this book can be found in the following sentences (on pages 116-117): "To risk ourselves in loving ways might to some, I hope not to many, seem too emotional, too much of a bygone era for the globalizing and technological society we are creating in this century. But the collection of cultures we currently construct--rich with media yet lacking in rich, personal engagement--is perhaps the greatest impetus for risking retro emotion. We stand to lose so much if we don't." Fecho's beliefs and ideas about education are inspiring...he challenges us--not only as educators, but as human beings--to push ourselves beyond societal "norms" and seek more; to engage in culture and language and dialogue in meaningful ways; to discover identity and purpose and human connection in everything we do. I learned so much from this book, all of which I intend to apply professionally as well as personally. It's an excellent example of how our education system can be improved so that everything we do matters. More importantly, it's a framework by which we should live our lives...authentically, wholeheartedly, critically, and with love.
July 24, 2015
To not take risks is to give in to those with vested interests in maintaining the status quo.
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August 4, 2015
Transformative. Will read again, and again. Recommend for all grades and subject areas.
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