What are the qualities of a good teacher?
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Title
A Good Traveler Has No Fixed Plans, from the Tao Te Ching
Type
Reading
Overview
This selection is taken from the main text of Taoist thought, the Tao Te Ching. Its author, Lao-Tzu, is considered the father of Chinese Taoism, though debate continues as to…
Title
Wendy Kopp, Leader of Teach for America
Type
Reading
Overview
Written by Jodi Wilgoren and published by The New York Times on November 12, 2000, “Wendy Kopp, Leader of Teach for America” looks closely at the life and leadership philosophy…
Title
Service Learning Students - Community, Leadership, and Change
Summary
It went well. The room was comfortable. The group had already unified (which in this case was positive). I used a stock opener, asking that each person talk to the…
Title
University Faculty and Staff - Connecting Across Difference in the Classroom
Summary
I began by asking participants to think and write just for themselves about a classroom situation in which (whether as student, teacher, child, adult) they became acutely aware that they…
Title
University Faculty and Staff Engaged in Service-Learning - Introducing Civic Reflection
Summary
The facilitator (a professor of English) proposed the following line of questioning: *What was your experience of the story? *Was this "visit of charity" a good experience for Marian? *Is…