Antero Garcia

Garcia and O’Donnell-Allen pack lots of theoretical and practical wisdom into this slim volume aimed at preservice teachers, in-service teachers, and teacher educators. Using a framework borrowed from yoga, they posit that effective teaching evolves when practitioners adopt conscious poses (or attitudes/dispositions) toward teaching, experience wobble as they adapt and modify their methods as a result of reflection, and achieve flow as they re-adjust their poses in light of formative feedback. As they explain, this is a recursive and constant process.

Working from a social justice orientation, the authors use examples from their own practice to demonstrate five specific teaching poses—teacher as hacker, teacher as facilitator of civic engagement, teacher as writer, teacher as curator, and teacher as designer—as they challenge us to examine our own practice and identify ways we can induce wobble to improve our effectiveness.

Accessible enough for new teachers, engaging enough for veteran teachers, and practical enough to make a real difference—this is a text I intend to share widely with colleagues and students.… (lisätietoja)