School teacher: New Roles beyond the Classroom

Abstract

Studying teachers is in. Historians will probably say that interest in teachers and schools waxes and wanes in some predictable cycles tied to the economy, or politics, or maybe to sunspots or global warming patterns. Whatever the case, interest in teachers and teaching is higher than it has been for quite some years. Several books have even become best sellers by describing the everyday lives of classroom teachers working in the most challenging of situations. Such books must be welcomed for their candor; such classic teachers must be celebrated for their courageous efforts.