Growing Minds

By Herbert R. Kohl

Book Overview

Herbert Kohl, one of America's most influential and provocative educators, believes that the only way to persist and to grow as a teacher is to commit oneself to the development of the child rather than to the regimented training of the pupil. His book is a lively, personal testament of one teacher's efforts to cultivate the natural vitality of the learning process; it is also a wonderfully concrete and practical guide full of stories of individual students and how they were helped to grow through learning.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061320897
• ISBN13: 9780061320897
• Release Date: February 1989
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

The Call to Teach

I first read this book in college when I was studying to become a teacher. Herbert Kohl's story of his journey as a teacher is inspiring. His narrative about his "calling to teach" describes in great detail the dedication of a superb teacher. I have reread the book several times and often give it as a gift to other teachers. Another book about the inspiring role of the teacher is "The Last Barrier" by Reshad Feild. Both books touch both the heart and the soul as they reveal that the teacher is, in fact, merely a student himself.