91ÅÝܽ

How I Taught Myself to Teach

2004

This important memoir of professional development in action follows bestselling author Selma Wassermann from her dismal beginnings, struggling for control over her students, to enjoying the kind of teaching in which teacher and students are truly partners in the process. This is the story of learning to respect students, to allow them choices, to engage them in their own self-discoveries, to relinquish control, to make informed diagnoses of individual learning needs and create teaching strategies to address them, and, ultimately, to stand up for what one believes is right and good in the education of children.   for more details.

Selma Wassermann:
Selma Wassermann is professor emerita in the faculty of education at 91ÅÝܽ, Vancouver, Canada. She has taught in elementary schools in New York and California, as well as at Newark State College (Kean University) and Hofstra University. A recipient of the University Excellence in Teaching Award, she has published widely.