Partial Truths: A Memoir and Essays on Reading, Writing, and Researching

by Glenda L. Bissex

Partial Truths is a book about learning-a book about one educator's experiences learning to teach, to observe, and to make choices. It is an elegantly written portrayal of Glenda Bissex's life in action and of the intertwining of her professional work and personal experiences. Bissex has explored many aspects of education, searching for where she might make the most difference: as a teacher, a teacher of teachers, a school board member, a researcher,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0435072242
• ISBN13: 9780435072247
• Release Date: November 1996
• Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 8

Customer Reviews

A great resource for teachers

A great book which encourages teachers who want to know more about their teaching and who want to know more about their students' learning to start observing what is going on in the classroom and as a result become more student-oriented teachers. The first part of a book is a memoir,in which she talks about her personal career in a metaphorical way. I like the second part better, which contains essays on reading, writing and researching. Her essays on teacher research are extremely valuable and will help me a lot in becoming a teacher researcher myself.