Product Description

Many successful people can point to a single teacher whose talent and dedication made a crucial difference in their lives. Sometimes former students clearly recall a teacher's casually brilliant remark that produced an instant "aha!" response; sometimes they are affected by a teacher's passionate devotion to professional duty. The methods of a great teacher are as varied and distinctive as teachers themselves, but the result - inspired teaching - is a gift enjoyed for a lifetime.

Those Who Can . . . Teach brings together personal reminiscences about gifted educators from a wide array of contributors, including writers, entertainers, business leaders, religious figures, politicians - and of course teachers themselves. Some are humorous, others irreverent, others sweet, still others passionately polemical. Based on interviews conducted by the editors, the book includes many excerpts culled from literature, personal letters, and film.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #726067 in Books
• Published on: 1999-11
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 280 pages

Customer Reviews

THE PERFECT GIFT FOR TEACHERS!
this book is the perfect gift for any teacher! not only is it an attractive, affordable book, but the stories are beautifully written and moving. EXCELLENT!

Teachers will love it!
As a teacher, I was pleased to see a positive, upbeat book about teachers. I felt refreshed and inspired after reading these essays about people who have made a difference. The accounts are beautifully written, well-organized, and insightful. The essays illustrate the idea that teaching is an art and that effective teachers have a wide variety of styles and personalities.

"Must" reading for all aspiring teachers.
We have all experienced teachers who inspired, challenged, encouraged their students, who expanded worlds, opened doors, and helped to achieve educational, career, and personal goals. Those Who Can...Teach! is a much appreciated tribute to the amazing men and women who devoted their lives (often at great sacrifice to themselves) to educating children of all ages and backgrounds, who made a difference in the lives of their young charges. Those Who Can...Teach! also serves as an effective inspiration to those who aspiring to affect the world for the better by educating the minds of the next generation, and the next, and the next.