Conversations with Great Teachers

In the spirit of Studs Terkel's Working, Bill Smoot interviews master teachers in fields ranging from K-12 and higher education to the arts, trades and professions, sports, and politics. The result suggests a dinner party where the most fascinating teachers in America discuss their various styles as well as what makes their work meaningful to them. What is it that passes between the best teachers and their students to make learning happen? What are the keys to teaching the joys of literature, shooting a basketball, alligator wrestling, or how to survive one's first year in the U.S. Congress? Smoot's insightful questions elicit thought-provoking reflections about teaching as a calling and its aims, frustrations, and satisfactions.

Author: Bill Smoot
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 05/17/2010
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.30w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780253354914

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2010 pg. 219

About the Author

Bill Smoot teaches English at the Castilleja School in Palo Alto, California, where he has received the Outstanding Teacher Award.