The Skillful Teacher

In 2005 I celebrated my thirty-fifth year as a teacher by finishing
this second edition of The Skillful Teacher, a book that had first
appeared on my twentieth teaching anniversary. The first edition
had been typed on a small portable typewriter during my sabbatical
in France, so no computer files existed of that manuscript. What
you have in your hands, therefore, is truly a completely revised edition. Although many of the ideas from the first edition have found their way into this one, I have had the chance to rethink and then
rewrite everything I wrote fifteen years ago. What surprised me was
how much of the first edition still rang true. I have not altered my
conviction that the essence of skillful teaching lies in the teacher
constantly researching how her students are experiencing learning