Abstract
As the pedagogical debate swings between the teacher-centered model, with its concern for rigor, and the student-centered model, with its concern for active learning, some of us are torn between the two, says Parker J. Palmer. In this essay, adapted from Chapter Five of his new book, The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life, he offers a third option: teachers bring students into a community of learning around the subject itself.
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