In The Call to Teach, author David Hansen employs the idea of
teaching as a vocation or calling to analyze and interpret case
studies drawn from fieldwork. Based on a 3-year study of the
everyday working lives of four teachers in a large urban
setting-two work in a public high school, one in a Catholic high
school for boys, and one in an independent middle school-this book
provides a wealth of detail and insight. Hansen combines his
findings with sources outside the standard education literature to
develop an original conception of the meaning of a "calling," one
that is helpful in understanding both how and why these four
teachers-and, by extension, others like them-are able to teach with
conviction and success despite the difficulties and challenges
presented by today's schools. This artful marriage of philosophical
and qualitative analysis will appeal to scholars and practitioners
alike. This book will serve as a supplemental text in graduate and
undergraduate courses in teacher education, philosophy of
education, foundations, curriculum theory, and qualitative research
methods, and will be of particular interest to faculty and
researchers in those fields and to all practitioners.
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