Full Description
Teaching For Success is a comprehensive guide for navigating the process of becoming an effective teacher in the wake of contemporary and systemic challenges. Focusing on the core concept of teacher identity in clear, invigorating prose, the book illuminates how teachers can arrange, adjust, and assemble their own personal and professional teaching influences in conjunction with educational research into a coherent, unique, and successful whole. Olsen's attention to classroom practice, social justice issues, personal satisfaction, and teacher success stories offers a sharp and useful guide for teacher development. This revised second edition has been updated and includes a new chapter that guides both new and experienced teachers through emerging, thorny issues in educational policy and practice, including high-stakes testing, blended learning, the demands of networking, and the Common Core State Standards.
Contents
Foreword by Eric Howard Habegger
Acknowledgments
Chapter One: The Complexities of Teaching
Chapter Two: Knowledge, Learning, and Identity for Teachers
Chapter Three: Combining the Personal and the Professional in Teaching: An Example
Chapter Four: Leveraging Your Teacher Identity into a Successful Professional Self
Chapter Five: The Human Dimensions of Teaching and Identity
Chapter Six: The Political Dimensions of Teaching and Identity
Chapter Seven: Teacher Identity and the Contemporary Landscape of Teaching
Appendix: Your Teacher Identity Worksheet
About the Author
References
Index
