Embarrassment: And the Emotional Underlife of Learning

by Thomas Newkirk

Book Overview

"Why has no one written about this subject before? Every teacher should read this book." Michael G. Thompson, coauthor of Raising Cain

Embarrassment. None of us escape it. Especially as kids, in school. How might our fear of failure, of not living up to expectations, be holding us back? How can our fear of embarrassment affect how we learn, how we teach, and how we live?

Tom Newkirk argues that this "emotional underlife," this subterranean...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0325088772
• ISBN13: 9780325088778
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 12