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1、PARTIOnBeingaTeacher1.LettertoaYoungTeacherJosephFeatherstone2.SelectionFromAccident,Awareness,andActualizationNelNoddings3.Respect,Liking,Trust,andFairnessKathleenCushmanB.OthanelSmith(1968)haswrittenthatinmanyregardsteachingisthesamefromoneculturetoanother—thatis,“anaturalsocialphenomenon”(Sm
2、ith,1968,p.4).Itinvolvesanagentwhointeractswithstudentswithinaspecificset-ting.Typically,heorshehaslittlecontroloverthesizeoftheclassthatistaught,thesocialandculturalbackgroundofstudents,ortheirphysicalcharacteristics.Whatateachercandoisdealwiththestudentsonapersonallevel,shapeassign-mentsandth
3、ewayquestionsareasked,andshapethecontentofwhatistaught.Teachingismoreartthanscience,animpreciseprocessoftrialanderrorandsuc-cessiveapproximation.BillAyers(1995),anauthorincludedinthisbook(seeChapter7),wellknownpoliticalactivistfromthe1960s,andanexperiencedteacheratboththeuniversityandK–12leveld
4、escribesteachingthisway:Alifeinteachingisastitched-togetheraffair,acrazyquiltofoddpiecesandscroungedmaterials,equalpartsinventionandimposition.Tomakealifeinteach-ingislargelytofindyourownway,tofollowthisorthatthread,toworkuntilyour910——TheTeacherinAmericanSocietyfingersache,yourmindfeelsasifitw
5、illunravel,andyoureyesgiveout,andtomakemistakesandthenreworklargepieces.Itissometimestediousanddemand-ing,confusinganduncertain,andyetitisasoftencreativeanddazzling:Surprisingsplashesofcolorcansuddenlyappearatitscenter;unexpectedpatternscanemergeandlendthewholeaffairasenseofgraceandpurposeandpo
6、ssibility.(p.1)Formostpeople,whenteachinggoeswell,therearefewmoresatisfyingexperiences.Whenitgoesbadly,itcanbeanightmare.ThesociologistDanLortie(1989),inhisbookSchoolteacher,identifiesfiveattractionstoteachingthatsetitapartfromotherprofessionals.Theseincludethefollowing:1.theservicetheme,servin
7、gotherpeopleandmakingadifferenceintheirlives2.theinterpersonaltheme,workingwithindividualsandmakingadifferenceintheirlives3.thecontinuationtheme,continuingpositiveexperiencespeoplehavehadintheirearlierlivesandeducation(acoachbeing
