A biography of the Japanese violin teacher who developed the Suzuki Method, a way of teaching children how to play certain instruments at a very early age.
stories to open the hearts and rekindle the spirits of educators
Canfield, Jack
2002
Presents over ninety short inspirational stories by teachers, counselors, administrators, educational consultants, and former students that provide insight into the joys and challenges of teaching.
The five sixth-grade students in a small town prepare for their teacher's annual graduation ceremony, a mysterious ritual that several generations of students have experienced but no one can discuss.
In a diary covering the years 1846 to 1848, a young Metis teenager describes her journey from St. Eustace, Qu?bec, to St. Paul, Minnesota, where she settles with her family and decides to become a teacher.
In 1901, fourteen-year-old Mable Riley dreams of being a writer and having adventures while stuck in Perth County, Ontario, assisting her sister in teaching school and secretly becoming friends with a neighbor who holds scandalous opinions on women's rights.
Robert Arthur, an eleven-year-old student at the brand new Lovecraft Middle School, learns the creepy origins of the school and must vanquish Professor Gargoyle.
Describes the education, training, earnings, and outlook associated with twenty careers in the field of teaching, including child care workers, college professors, guidance counselors, naturalists, and others.
An admittedly "dork" middle-school teacher arranges for a rock superstar to teach her eighth-grade students, who each tell a story about the same topic, in the style of a rap, poem, monologue, screenplay, haiku, fairytale, and more.
Text and photographs present the biography of the nineteenth-century Frenchman, accidentally blinded as a child, who originated the raised dot system of reading and writing used by the blind throughout the world.
