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Transformative Conversations

A Guide to Mentoring Communities among Colleagues in Higher Education

Transformative Conversations( )
Author: Felten, Peter
Bauman, H-Dirksen L.
Kheriaty, Aaron
Taylor, Edward
Preface by: Palmer, Parker J.
Foreword by: Remen, Rachel Naomi
Afterword by: Arrien, Angeles
ISBN:978-1-118-28827-6
Publication Date:Mar 2013
Publisher:John Wiley & Sons Australia, Limited
Imprint:Jossey-Bass
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $49.95
Book Description:

From the Inter-generational Mentoring Community project, which develops the next generation of academic leaders, comes formation mentoring, a process to enable faculty to recover, sustain, and further develop a sense of vocation, mission, and purpose.

Book Details
Pages:192
Detailed Subjects: Education / Teacher & Student Mentoring
Education / Teaching / General
Education / Schools / Levels / Higher
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):14.99 x 22.61 x 1.27 cm
Book Weight:0.25 Kilograms
Author Biography
Felten, Peter (Author)


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.

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