When Challenge Brings Change: How Teacher Breakthroughs Transform the Classroom

Teachers share personal and professional breakthroughs in this collection of compelling narratives, including faculty and student relationships, personal identity in the classroom, working with emergent bilinguals, basic writers, and first-year college students, and engaging students. The book offers ideas for teaching that arise from the breakthroughs of college, community college, and secondary teachers and is applicable to all grade levels. It celebrates teachers and their voices and practices, illustrating the transformative power of writing about breakthroughs and encouraging all teachers to share their stories.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 176 pages
Publication date: 24 November 2023
Publisher: Teachers' College Press

All educators encounter difficulties, ranging from the unexpected and challenging, such as teaching during a pandemic, to persistent concerns about daily interactions and teaching methods. Now, more than ever, is the moment to share the personal and professional breakthroughs that teachers have achieved with courage and success. This collection of compelling narratives showcases high school and college teachers who have tackled issues such as faculty-student relationships, struggles with personal identity in the classroom, the joys and complexities of working with emergent bilinguals, basic writers, and first-year college students, as well as the perennial question of how to engage students. This book is about breaking rules, caring for students, navigating systems, and taking risks. It is an uplifting journey, and along the way, teachers share the reading and writing assignments that have worked for them during the best and worst of times. However, the most remarkable aspect is the teacher's wisdom. Where would we be without it?

Book Features:
1. Brings together narratives by veteran teachers who describe recognizable challenges and what transpires when new understandings surpass old ways of doing things.
2. Offers ideas for teaching that emerge from the breakthroughs of college, community college, and secondary teachers and are applicable to all grade levels.
3. Celebrates teachers—their voices, practices, and intelligent and empathetic approaches to problem-solving and making change.
4. Illustrates the transformative power of writing about breakthroughs and encourages all teachers to share their stories.
5. Includes an appendix with sample materials for school and writing group leaders who wish to initiate similar breakthrough projects for teachers.

Dimension: 229 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780807769102