Thanks for doing the virtual dance-of-joy with me here online. I'm still floating on air about this, even a week later!
It's nonfiction, teacher education kind of stuff. Partly it focuses on how students make connections between their various classes and between their classes and real life; partly it focuses on how teachers say they want students to make those kind of connections but then have trouble recognizing or valuing those connections.
Oops . . . I'm starting to run on a bit here. I always worry about going on and on about the project too much--because I know that even though I find it really interesting (even after working on this project for soooo long) I have a tendency to blather on and on about it, even as people's eyes glaze over and they look longingly for the door.
Ah, pedagogy! Are you a teacher educator? (I used to teach in higher education, so I do have some appreciation for being the one interested in stuff that makes other people's eyes glaze over *g*)
I think teachers have a tendency to get into a bit of a rut - after all, they're teaching (mostly) the same material year after year, and after a while the faces, unfortunately, start to blend into each other. Add to that far too much paperwork and bureaucracy, and crazy class sizes, and all those good intentions about really making an impact on kids' lives this year go out the window.
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It's nonfiction, teacher education kind of stuff. Partly it focuses on how students make connections between their various classes and between their classes and real life; partly it focuses on how teachers say they want students to make those kind of connections but then have trouble recognizing or valuing those connections.
Oops . . . I'm starting to run on a bit here. I always worry about going on and on about the project too much--because I know that even though I find it really interesting (even after working on this project for soooo long) I have a tendency to blather on and on about it, even as people's eyes glaze over and they look longingly for the door.
So, uhm, I'll stop now.. *grins bashfully*
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I think teachers have a tendency to get into a bit of a rut - after all, they're teaching (mostly) the same material year after year, and after a while the faces, unfortunately, start to blend into each other. Add to that far too much paperwork and bureaucracy, and crazy class sizes, and all those good intentions about really making an impact on kids' lives this year go out the window.
Hope the book's a success!
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