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Lilian Katz, in her book, Intellectual Emergencies: Some Reflections on Mothering and Teaching, offers these insights on professional development...
"Cultivate your own intellect and nourish the life of your own mind. For teachers, the cultivation of our minds is as important as the cultivation of our capacities for understanding, compassion, and caring — not less, not more — but equally important. In other words, see yourself as a developing professional; become a student of your own teaching — a career-long student of your own teaching.
"Always assume that the people you work with have the capacities for greatness, creativity, courage and insight. Occasionally this assumption will be wrong, perhaps. But if you always make it, you will be much more likely to uncover, encourage, strengthen, and support these qualities."
Lilian Katz's Intellectual Emergencies is one of the hottest sellers at Exchange. In this stimulating, playful book, Lilian and her son share through music and written words principles of teaching,
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