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Parker J. Palmer

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Parker Palmer on the Heart of a Teacher

What is at the core of an exceptional teacher? Is it innate skills? In-depth knowledge? Infinite wisdom? Parker ...

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Thirteen Ways of Looking at Community (With a Fourteenth Thrown in for Free)

Whether we know it or not, like it or not, honor it or not, we are embedded in community. Whether we think of ...

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The Gift of Presence and the Perils of Advice

Parker Palmer is the founder and senior partner of the Center for Courage and Renewal. His work teaches us to ...

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Welcome to the Human Race

How can one find connection and meaning through an experience as isolating and dark as depression? In "Darkness ...

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Born Baffled: Musings on a Writing Life

In the fall of 1978, Parker Palmer gave a lecture to a small literature class. Word-of-mouth landed him a book deal ...

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The Grace of Great Things. Reclaiming the Sacred in Knowing, Teaching, and Learning

What if the goal of education becomes making visible and lifting up the souls of all those involved in the process? ...

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13 Ways of Looking at Community (With a Fourteenth Thrown in for Free)

"Community cannot take root in a divided life. Long before community assumes external shape and form, it must be ...

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Transforming Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

"As a respected educational writer, teacher and activist, Parker J. Palmer shares some powerful thoughts on the ...

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