Teachers As Readers Perspectives on the Importance of Reading in Teachers' Classrooms and Lives

Teachers read books, journals, and other literature for professional purposes, but what impact do their personal reading lives have on their teaching lives? The contributors to Teachers as Readers: Perspectives on the Importance of Reading in Teachers' Classrooms and Lives-themselves teachers and teacher educators-explore the positive educational outcomes that are possible for students when teachers share with them what, how, and why they read for pleasure. The book presents 18 essays on a wide variety of classroom approaches for different grade levels that successfully involve teachers and students in enjoyable and instructive reading activities. Teachers as Readers culminates in the presentation of 13 stances that the contributors recommend for educators to enhance their teaching effectiveness, regardless of the subject they teach. The stances address, among many other issues, the need for teachers to inform students of the new vocabulary they learn through reading, share with students how they choose their personal reading materials, and reveal to students the questions they have when they read. The narratives in Teachers as Readers offer readers a view into the teachers' lives as they come to better understand their own reading habits and into their classrooms as they impart their reading practices to their students. These authors hope the increased excitement about and interest in reading that they have discovered with their students inspires other teachers to adopt similar practices in their own classrooms and lives.Commeyras, Michelle is the author of 'Teachers As Readers Perspectives on the Importance of Reading in Teachers' Classrooms and Lives', published 2003 under ISBN 9780872070066 and ISBN 0872070069.