FACULTY FORMATION BIBLIOGRAPHY

ENGAGING OUR STUDENTS, ENGAGING OURSELVES

Revised: 3/15/06

Dalke, Anne & Dixson, Barbara, Minding the Light: Essays in Friendly Pedagogy. Peter Lang Publishing, 2004. Thoughtful and revealing reflections about teaching that refreshes our commitment to classroom life and that helps us see with new eyes why out work matters.

To Teach with Soft Eyes: Reflections on a Teacher/Leader Formation Experience. Rica Garcia. Ed., Richland Community College/Fetzer Institute, 2000. A collection of essays by administrators and professors from many disciplines (math, science, English, humanities, psychology, etc) about what they learned together and in solitude and how these discoveries changed their lives.

Intrador, Sam. Stories from the Courage to Teach: Honoring the Teacher's Heart.  Jossey Bass, 2002.  A collection of essays, written by teachers at every level of practice, who struggle to reconnect with the source of their vocation. Their stories inspire and provide hope to teachers.

Intrador, Sam M. Tuned In and Fired Up: How Teaching Can Inspire Real Learning in the Classroom.   Yale University Press, 2003.  A powerful book about how teachers can engage students to tap their inner resources, creative strengths and natural enthusiasm.

Intrador, Sam & Scribner, Megan. Eds. Teaching With Fire: Poetry that sustains the Courage to Teach. Jossey-Bass, 2003.  A collection of poetry & readings to help those who care about education find ways to remember what teaching is about, enabling us to keep our hearts alive and serve our students.

Palmer, Parker. The Active Life.  Jossey-Bass, 1990.  A deep and sensitive exploration of spirituality for the busy, frenetic lives many of us lead. Using stories from a variety of religious traditions, Palmer show how spiritual life can support us engaging our work more deeply through life-giving action.

Palmer, Parker. The Courage to Teach.  Jossey-Bass, 1998. This book takes teachers on an inner journey toward reconnecting with their vocation and their students - and recovering their passion for this difficult work.

Palmer, Parker. The Courage to Teach: A Guide for Reflection and Renewal.  Jossey-Bass, 1999.  A companion guidebook to The Courage to Teach which is intended to support teachers as they engage in "good talk about good teaching", both within and with others.

Palmer, Parker. A Hidden Wholeness: The Journey Toward an Undivided Life: Welcoming the Soul and Weaving Community in a Wounded World. Jossey-Bass, 2004. Parker maps an inner journey to rejoin "role and soul", one that we can take in solitude and in the company of others. He shows how people can support each other on the journey towards living "divided no more.

Palmer, Parker. Let Your Life Speak.  Jossey Bass, 1999.  Palmer shares the lessons of his vocational and spiritual journey, discussing his own burnout and intense depression and suggests that individuals are most authentic when they follow their natural talents and limitation.

Wheatley, Margaret. Finding Our Way – Leadership for an Uncertain Time.  Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2005.  A fundamentally new approach to leadership based on living systems theory. A collection  of essays about her real-world experiences helping clients introduce more authentic, egalitarian, and  life-affirming practices into their organizations. Essays cover a wide scope of topics including leadership strategies, raising children in turbulent times, and the role of communities in the life of organizations.

Wheatley, Margaret. How Great Decisions Get Made: 10 Easy Steps for Reaching Agreement on Even the Toughest Issues.  Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2003. A simple yet challenging approach to handling conflict that builds connections rather than dominating.

Wheatley, Margaret. Leadership and the New Science: Discovering Order in a Chaotic World Revised. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2001.  Explores the implications of quantum physics on organizational practice and investigates ways that biology and chemistry affect living systems. Focuses on chaos theory, the creation of a new order, and the manner that scientific principles affect leadership. "Our old ways of relating to each other don't support us any longer," she writes. "It is up to us to journey forth in search of new practices and new ideas that will enable us to create lives and organizations worthy of human habitation”.

Wheatley, Margaret & Kellner-Rogers, Myron. A Simpler Way.  Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 1996.  A reexamination of the traditional tenets of organizational behavior. The authors draw upon science, poetry, philosophy, and other unconventional corporate resources to suggest a completely original method of working together. "There is a simpler way to organize human endeavor," they write. "It requires a new way of being in the world. It requires being in the world without fear. Being in the world with play and creativity. Seeking after what's possible. Being willing to learn and to be surprised."

Wheatley, Margaret. Turning to One Another: Simple Conversations to Restore Hope to the Future.  Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., 2002.  “Wheatley asserts that the changes required in all aspects of modern life will not come from governments or large organizations, national programs, new policies or laws. The changes will be led by people—everyday people self-organizing locally with colleagues and friends to create the changes they want. Ten short essays will act as “Conversation Starters,” leading people into conversations about their deepest beliefs, fears, and hopes.