El coraje de enseñar: Explorando el paisaje interior de la vida de un maestro

Parker J. Palmer was born in 1939 in Chicago. He attended Carleton College where he studied Philosophy and Sociology and graduated in 1961. He then went on to complete his Phd in Sociology at UC Berkeley. After graduation, he took a teaching position at Georgetown University and became involved with the Religious Society of Friends at Pendle Hill. He is the founder and Senior Partner of the Center for Courage and Renewal which operates the "Courage to Teach" program for K-12 educators across the country. He has published over one hundred essays and eight books. He has also been recognized with thirteen honorary degrees, two Distinguished Achievement Awards from the National Educational Press Association, and grants from the Danforth Foundation and the Lilly Endowment. Parker Palmer's title's include: The Promise of Paradox: A Celebration of Contradictions in the Christian Life, To Know As We Are Known: Education as a Spiritual Journey, and On the Brink of Everything: Grace, Gravity, and Getting Old. Parker J. Palmer es un escritor, conferenciante y activista, muy respetado, centrado en temas de educación, comunidad, liderazgo, espiritualidad y cambio social. Su obra encuentra lectores en muchos campos de la actividad humana, incluyendo escuelas públicas, institutos, universidades, instituciones religiosas, empresas, etc. El doctor Palmer trabajó durante quince años en la Asociación Americana de la Educación Superior. Actualmente es Consejero en el Fetzer Institute. Fundó el Centro para el Coraje y la Renovación, que supervisa el programa «El Coraje de Enseñar» para educadores en Estados Unidos, así como programas similares para profesionales de otros sectores.