The Heart of a Teacher Identity and Integrity in Teaching

The Heart of a Teacher Identity and Integrity in Teaching. Parker J. Palmer

Reflexions by Nathalia Malagon

Teaching beyond the technique

I found this chapter very relatable and applicable to the teaching experience. Palmer discusses how the technique is not central to teaching and that there is no single formula for good teaching.

I believe that students become disengaged and resistant to the learning process when the teacher is uninterested in both the material and the students.

Teaching and the true self

• What qualities did this persona possess?

• Was it their technique or something else?

Multiple Select

What is a teaching identity?

• Is defined as the beliefs, values, and commitments an individual holds toward being a teacher.

• The lived experiences, personal and professional beliefs, and dispositions that impact the personhood of a teacher.

• This stance is framed and guided by the educator’s desire to teach, their ability to self-assess and reflect on their practice.

Open Ended

Teacher integrity?

Listening to the teacher

Good teacher join self, subject, and students in the fabric of life because they teach from an integral and undivided self, they manifest in their own lives and evoke in their own students.

Poll

What we need to have over our students?

• Authority

• Power

As we teachers we must be able to understand what our passions are, what our aspirations are, what we believe in...