Subject: I need help for a book about being a systems teacher

Posted by Dexter Chapin on 2/4/2008

Message:

I have written a short book on teaching that has been accepted for publication by a major house. My working title is, Teaching; from soup to nuts. The publisher’s is, The Dynamics of Teaching; making a difference on the edge of chaos. I think the latter is a bit overblown, but it is not my call. This is a book about teaching using ideas and concepts from systems, chaos, cultural, and cybernetic theory, but it is not a book about how to teach. Great teaching is much too complex to be reduced to recipes. Instead, teaching is presented as a complex, adaptive systems exercise undertaken at the edge of chaos where creativity and invention are maximized.
The book will probably come out in 7-9 months. The publisher has asked if I have any ideas about where we might get it reviewed, announced, etc. I’m at a loss. I have no idea. Can anyone help?

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