Not Quite a Teacher
Target Practice for Beginning Teachers
Published on 21. July 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-4411-2096-0 (ISBN)
Description
This is a practical teacher training manual, interspersed with humorous, critical reflections from this trainee's older, wiser self. There are many, many teacher training books that claim to offer practical advice; some of them are even useful. There are also humorous books aimed at teachers claiming to offer a zany, sideways look at our madcap world; some of them even contain a joke. This book, although light in tone, has a serious intent: to reassure trainee and beginning teachers that are parachuted into difficult schools without anything like the right level of preparation. Tom Bennett walks you through the training and initial teaching practice, offering practical advice and wisdom from the more experienced vantage point of hindsight. This double-narrator style allows you to identify with the situation, learn from the experience and then critically reflect on your own teaching journey. But most importantly, this is a teacher training guide disguised as something actually readable.
Reviews / Votes
"'I will translate every acronym and portmanteau the panjandrums of education feel we can't live without. I will tell you which mug to buy, and where your biggest worries will come from.' Tom Bennett, the Behaviour Guru"More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
12
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
326 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4411-2096-0 (9781441120960)
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Additional editions
E-Book
05/2011
1st Edition
Continuum Publishing Corporation
€20.99
Available for download
E-Book
05/2011
1st Edition
Bloomsbury Continuum
€20.99
Available for download
Person
Tom Bennett is the Behaviour Guru on the TES advice forum and a teacher at Raines Foundation - an inner-city state secondary school in London, UK. Tom is Head of Humanities, Religious Studies and Philosophy and is author of 'Class Act', A TES Essential Guide to Behaviour Management. Tom is author of The Behaviour Guru: Behaviour Management Solutions for Teachers, also published by Continuum.
Content
Introduction; Part 1. Autumn Term; 1. No one forgets a good teacher - motivations, expectations and vacations; 2. The Starter - teaching placements and initial observations; 3. Teachers teaching teachers - education, education, education; 4. Reality bites - juggling emotions and lesson planning; Part 2. Spring Term; 5. Main phase - getting to grips with government initiatives and assessment; 6. Quo Vadis? - getting that first job in teaching; 7. Living the Dream - pigeon holes and staffroom politics; 8. Are you a real teacher, Sir? - making a good first impression; Part 3. Summer Term; 9. Cannons to the left, marking to the right - your job doesn't end when you leave the classroom; 10. Stop whining and get back to work - paperwork, inspections and pay reviews; Part 4. School's out for Summer!; 11. The Plenary - what have we learned?; Homework - further reading; Appendix 1: The barely literate dialects of contemporary urban slang; Appendix 2: Three-letter acronyms, government guidance and useful teaching lingo; Index.