Subtle Side of Teaching

Training placing and retaining highly qualified teachers in our nations schools has become a very serious challenge in the 21st century. Many factors contribute to teachers relative levels of satisfaction or dissatisfaction with their careers. Some of these factors are rather obvious and tangible; others are not. Many teachers fade sometimes rather quickly from unmet personal expectations overwhelming external requirements and subsequent running out of gas. Some of the very simplest things in a teachers day can have the most dramatic effect on their passion for their work. To keep teachers fully satisfied in their positions they need to enjoy what they do daily; to enjoy what they do daily they must approach their work inspired. The Subtle Side of Teaching offers 79 short essays with examples and applications to a variety of school subjects pointing teachers toward fundamental guidelines for sustained energy clear thinking and a positive outlook in the classroom.