Dr. Greta Nagelhas over 40 years of experience as a teacher, principal, and professor. She is emerita at California State University, Long Beach,and founder and executive director of theMuseum of Teaching and Learning. In addition to dozens of education articles, she is the author of books about teaching and parenting, includingThe Tao of TeachingandThe Tao of Parenting.
“Each chapter offers teachers, administrators, and parents an opportunity for inspiration and an opportunity to reflect on one's work and mission in education. As with the Tao Te Ching itself, there is no recipe or step-by-step path to becoming a better teacher. Nagel implores us to embrace Taoism in the classroom, and in so doing, to ‘respect lofty virtue, deep sincerity, a love of stillness, devotion to a worthy teacher, and wide learning.’”—Harvard Educational Review “Nagel highlights fundamental verities whose rediscovery should encourage burdened teachers.”—Publishers Weekly