A critical anthology that examines the nature and purpose of the teaching profession in the United States
Drawing on first-person accounts and sociological, historical, and literary sources, The Teacher in American Society: A Critical Anthology examines the nature of the teaching profession in the United States and the purpose behind the work of K-12 teachers. In addition to selections from novels and first-person accounts, editor Eugene F. Provenzo draws from a wide range of popular culture sources, including films, cartoons, and "YouTube" videos to convey not only the work and experience of teachers, but also how teachers are perceived in our society.
Features
Popular and classic selections demonstrate that learning to teach well is a deeply reflective act.
Critical questions at the beginning of each reading encourage students to think about teaching in the context of a wide range of cultures, traditions, and teaching [b1] experiences.
Further Readings and Linking to Popular Culture sections in each Part opener lead students to a range of resources beyond the text.

Preface
Introduction
Part I: On Being a Teacher
1. Letter to a Young Teacher - Joseph Featherstone
2. Accident, Awareness, and Actualization - Nel Noddings
3. Respect, Liking, Trust, and Fairness - Kathleen Cushman
Part II: Beginning to Teach
4. A Negro Schoolmaster in the New South - W. E. B. Du Bois
5. Selection From 36 Children - Herbert Kohl
6. Selection From Educating Esme: Diary of a Teacher¿s First Year - Esmé Raji Codell
Part III: Teaching as the Practice of Freedom
7. Selection From Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling - John Taylor Gatto
8. Engaged Pedagogy - bell hooks
Part IV: Teaching Others
9. The Silenced Dialogue: Power and Pedagogy in Educating Other People's Children - Lisa D. Delpit
10. White Privilege and Male Privilege: A Personal Account of Coming To See Correspondences through Work in Women¿s Studies - Peggy McIntosh
11. Teaching Themes of Care - Nel Noddings
Part V: Teaching as Work
12. Prologue from Horace¿s Compromise - Theodore R. Sizer
13. Selection From My Posse Don¿t Do Homework - Louanne Johnson
14. "What Teachers Make or Objection Overruled, or If things don't work out, you can always go to law school" - Taylor Mali
Part VI: Teaching as Social Activism
15. Selection From Death at an Early Age: The Destruction of the Hearts and Minds of Negro Children in the Boston Public Schools - Jonathan Kozol
16. "Should the Teacher Always Be Neutral?" - George S. Counts
17. Selection From Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry - Mildred D. Taylor
Part VII: Myths and Stereotypes About Teaching
18. Selection From To Teach: The Journey of a Teacher - William Ayers
19.Selections From School Is Hell: Lesson 6: The 9 Types of Grade School Teachers and Lesson 13: The 9 Types of High School Teachers - Matt Groening
Part VIII: Teaching and Sexuality
20. The Teacher from Winesburg, Ohio - Sherwood Anderson
21. Selection From Socrates, Plato, and Guys Like Me: Confessions of a Gay Schoolteacher - Eric Rofes
Index
About the Editor