A life in classrooms : Philip W. Jackson and the practice of education / edited by David T. Hansen, Mary Erina Driscoll, René V. Arcilla. - New York : Teachers College Press, c2007. - vii, 182 p. ; 24 cm.

Papers from a conference in honor of Philip W. Jackson entitled Images of Teaching in the 21st Century, held in New York City on October 24 and 25, 2003.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-168) and index.

Introduction: To watch the water clear / Mary Erina Driscoll, David T. Hansen, and René Arcilla -- The impossible fullness of the empty classroom : a letter of appreciation / Lee S. Shulman -- Images of teaching : cultivating a moral profession / Linda Darling-Hammond -- On seeing the moral in teaching / David T. Hansen -- Philip Jackson and the nuances of imagination / Maxine Greene -- Portrait of a thinker / Robert Boostrom -- Jackson's pedagogy for existential learning / René V. Arcilla -- A Dewey school episode / Thomas James -- The circus animals' desertion : lessons for leaders in the work of Philip W. Jackson / Mary Erina Driscoll -- The generalist educator : making a mark on curriculum studies / Lauren A. Sosniak -- The misunderstood curriculum / Karen Zumwalt -- In search of the extraordinary in the ordinary : Philip Jackson and/on John Dewey / David A. Granger and Craig A. Cunningham -- Epilogue: Finding Phil / Elliot W. Eisner.

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Jackson, Philip W. 1928-


Teaching.
Teachers--United States.

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