Why We Teach: Learning, Laughter, Love, and the Power to Transform Lives - Tapa blanda

"For teachers and children everywhere, Why we teach offers abundant inpspiration, creativity, and hope. Throuh priceless anecdotes about her students--some sheltered and privileged, but mostly the poorest of inner-city children--Linda Alston shares her wisdom. In Alston's classroom, child and teacher are free to become their best selves. Alston's approach depends on the positive images she holds of children, her openness to their natural joy and playful spontaneity, and can-do beliefs about herself. With the wholeness of these young lives in mind, she engages administrators, parents, and community in the cause of their learning. 'I have room for that which inspires me.' Each chapter opens with a different affirmation Alston chooses to refuel herself. Each chapter ends with open-ended questions and compelling suggestions for your own classroom."--from book cover

\Linda Alston, a master teacher of young children from the Denver area, has won numerous awards, including the Milken National Educator Award, the Walt Disney American Teacher Award, and the first $100,000 Kinder Excellence in Teaching Award, focusing on outstanding work being done by K–12, public-school educators in low-income communities. Alston, who has traveled to Sierra Leone as a Fulbright Scholar and organized six inner-city Montessori Child Development Centers in the U.S., also serves as an educational consultant and motivational speaker.