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A Teacher's Tale

- A Memoir

About A Teacher's Tale

It was never in author Joe Gilliland''s plan to become a teacher, certainly not a college teacher and most certainly not an English teacher. But that''s what happened, and he''s never looked back. In A Teacher''s Tale, he explains, how by neither planning for nor seeking a life of learning and teaching, lacking a syllabus or lesson plan, he discovered that a life in academe lay in his path-a path he''s followed for more than fifty years. A Teacher''s Tale begins in 1932 with Gilliland''s first experiences in schooling and concludes in the summer of 1955 just as he completes his apprenticeship and stands on the brink of becoming a qualified instructor in a small college in east Texas. This memoir presents a collection of stories about his experiences as a teacher and a college student. A story of schooling deeply immersed in the arts and humanities, A Teacher''s Tale shares Gilliland''s love of the university and how it compelled him to seek a life devoted to teaching, primarily in the community college arena. Through this narrative, he brings together a philosophy of higher education based on the importance of arts and humanities in today''s high- tech world.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9781491745830
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 624
  • Published:
  • March 3, 2015
  • Dimensions:
  • 152x229x35 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 903 g.
Delivery: 1-2 weeks
Expected delivery: December 6, 2024

Description of A Teacher's Tale

It was never in author Joe Gilliland''s plan to become a teacher, certainly not a college teacher and most certainly not an English teacher. But that''s what happened, and he''s never looked back. In A Teacher''s Tale, he explains, how by neither planning for nor seeking a life of learning and teaching, lacking a syllabus or lesson plan, he discovered that a life in academe lay in his path-a path he''s followed for more than fifty years. A Teacher''s Tale begins in 1932 with Gilliland''s first experiences in schooling and concludes in the summer of 1955 just as he completes his apprenticeship and stands on the brink of becoming a qualified instructor in a small college in east Texas. This memoir presents a collection of stories about his experiences as a teacher and a college student. A story of schooling deeply immersed in the arts and humanities, A Teacher''s Tale shares Gilliland''s love of the university and how it compelled him to seek a life devoted to teaching, primarily in the community college arena. Through this narrative, he brings together a philosophy of higher education based on the importance of arts and humanities in today''s high- tech world.

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