You Are Thinking of Teaching?
Opportunities, Problems, Realities
1st Edition
Published on 9. September 1993
Book
Hardback
160 pages
978-1-55542-569-2 (ISBN)
Description
You Are Thinking of Teaching? is a lovely essay on theconsideration of teachin. It asks those who are thinking ofteaching to ask questions, to ponder their decision, and to pursuethe information they need to make a reasoned choice. There isnothing like it in the professional literature, which makes it allthe more valuable.
?Pat Walsey, senior researcher for change, Coalition of EssentialSchools
?Pat Walsey, senior researcher for change, Coalition of EssentialSchools
Reviews / Votes
"You Are Thinking of Teaching? is a lovely essay on the consideration of teaching. It asks those who are thinking of teaching to ask questions, to ponder their decision, and to pursue the information they need to make a reasoned choice. There is nothing like it in the professional literature, which makes it all the more valuable." --Pat Wasley, senior researcher for change, Coalition of Essential SchoolsMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
394 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55542-569-2 (9781555425692)
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Person
SEYMOUR B. SARASON is professor emeritus of psychology in the Department of Psychology and at the Institute for Social and Policy Studies at Yale University. He is the author of numerous books, including The Case for Change (Jossey-Bass, 1993), The Predictable Failure of Educational Reform (Jossey-Bass, 1990), Schooling in America: Scapegoat and Salvation (1983), and The Culture of the School and the Problem of Change (2nd ed., 1982).
Content
1. Justifying this Book.
2. Who Is "You"
3. When Should You Decide?
4. Why Teaching?.
5. Satisfaction from Student and Parents.
6. Satisfaction from Colleagues.
7. You Know More than You Think and More than They Give You Creditfor.
8. The Teacher of Whom?
9. Change, Resistance, and Reflection.
10. Understanding Children and the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy.
11. The Nonreading Professional.
2. Who Is "You"
3. When Should You Decide?
4. Why Teaching?.
5. Satisfaction from Student and Parents.
6. Satisfaction from Colleagues.
7. You Know More than You Think and More than They Give You Creditfor.
8. The Teacher of Whom?
9. Change, Resistance, and Reflection.
10. Understanding Children and the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy.
11. The Nonreading Professional.