The Skillful Teacher Global Politics May the canniest--and luckiest--dealer win

May the canniest--and luckiest--dealer win

You must suffer the experience of leaving behind not only what you know

When I got to the office

and survive in four books of Discourses and a smaller Encheiridion

a deliciously knowledgeable history of ignorance"—David Armitage

The Skillful Teacher Global Politics May the canniest--and luckiest--dealer winIt is not easy to teach well. Stephen Brookfield describes teaching as resembling a kind of muddling through that involves us negotiating moments of surprise as we learn our own truth about the realities of the classroom or online experience. But that doesnt mean that great teaching cant be achieved. Four core assumptions inform this book: that skillful teaching boils down to whatever helps students learn, that the best teachers adopt a critically