Full Description
There are many elements to learning how to be a teacher. As well as developing subject knowledge for teaching and building practical classroom skills, new teachers must develop the personal professional skills and behaviours needed to Be a Teacher.
This book outlines the skills and behaviours involved in Being in Teacher and explores how to develop these attributes and build your teacher identity. It supports you to:
· enhance your personal effectiveness and your teaching;
· understand the importance of communication and learn to communicate with clarity;
· realise that your reality creates the classroom environment;
· create a positive and purposeful learning adventure.
Contents
Why do we need to think creatively about teaching?
The map is not the territory
All teaching is communication
Understanding behaviour
Flexibility is key
The teacher you think you are is the one you will be
Reflecting on reflection
Managing the roles we play
Communities of discovery
In teaching and learning, everything is connected
