{"product_id":"embarrassment-and-the-emotional-underlife-of-learning-paperback","title":"Embarrassment: And the Emotional Underlife of Learning - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas Newkirk\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Why has no one written about this subject before? Every teacher should read this book.\" \u003ccite\u003eMichael G. Thompson, coauthor of Raising Cain\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmbarrassment. None of us escape it. Especially as kids, in school. How might our fear of failure, of not living up to expectations, be holding us back? How can our fear of embarrassment affect how we learn, how we teach, and how we live?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Tom Newkirk argues that this \"emotional underlife,\" this subterranean domain of emotion, failure, and embarrassment, keeps too many students and teachers silent, hesitant, and afraid. \"I am absolutely convinced,\" Tom writes, \"that embarrassment is not only the true enemy of learning, but of so many other actions we could take to better ourselves.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In this groundbreaking exploration, Newkirk offers practices and strategies that help kids and teachers alike develop a more resilient approach to embarrassment. \"I contend that if we can take on a topic like embarrassment and shame, we can come to a richer, more honest, more enabling sense of who we are and what we can do,\" he explains. \"So let's do battle. Let's name and identify the enemy that can haunt our days, disturb our sleep, put barriers up to learning, and drain joy from our lives--and maybe we can also learn how to rearrange some things in our own head so that we can be more generous toward ourselves.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas Newkirk is the bestselling author of Minds Made for Stories along with numerous other Heinemann titles, including Writing Unbound, Embarrassment, The Art of Slow Reading, The Performance of Self in Student Writing (winner of the NCTE's David H. Russell Award), and Misreading Masculinity. He taught writing at the University of New Hampshire for thirty-nine years, and founded the New Hampshire Literacy Institutes, a summer program for teachers. In addition to working as a teacher, writer, and editor, he has served as the chair of his local school board for seven years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47460307239090,"sku":"9780325088778","price":64.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/975e645ddf196975cd3cf1f8ecfb7c7e.webp?v=1778916899","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/embarrassment-and-the-emotional-underlife-of-learning-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}