Everything You Need to Know to Survive Teaching
Published on 10. May 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-0-8264-7534-3 (ISBN)
Description
The warning as you enter www .rantingteacher.co.uk reads: 'If you are easily offended, think the sun shines out of your kid's behind, or are the chief inspector for schools, you'd better stop right here.' This very much sets the tone for the website - and for this book - a collection of the top 50 teacher's rants and ways of overcoming them. The Ranting Teacher deals with the issues that really bother teachers: controlling behaviour, wising up to kids' excuses, coping with extracurricular activities, dealing with parents as well as curing hangovers and surviving inspections. This book is the ultimate survival guide for teachers everywhere.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-8264-7534-3 (9780826475343)
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Other editions
New editions
"The Ranting Teacher"
Everything You Need to Know to Survive Teaching
Book
03/2009
2nd Edition
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
€42.27
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Person
The Ranting Teacher founded the brilliant www .rantingteacher.com site last year. She is also an English and History teacher at a Secondary School in Lampeter, Wales.
Content
Introduction; On your marks: The Trials of Training; Get Set: Theory into Practice; Go: The Art of Teaching; Children Can be the Most Irritating Things; In Addition to Teaching; Money's Too Tight to Mention; Dealing with Colleagues; Dealing with Parents; Conclusion; Full Contents; Introduction: Why do you want to be a teacher? 1. On your marks: The trials of training; - The peculiar process of interviewing; - Incentives to train; - The mentor - make or break time; 2. Get set: Theory into practice; - Firm but fair; - Preventing misbehaviour; - Mixed abilities; - Impressing the inspectors; 3. Go: The art of teaching; - The lesson introduction; - The lesson in progress; - The lesson plenary; - irritating interruptions; - Learning Support Assistants; - Incorporating ICT; - Incorporating communication skills; 4. Children can be the most irritating things; - Playing truant; - Language matters; - Well versed in the art of lying; - Classroom banter; 5. In addition to teaching; - Form time; - Covering for a colleague; - The school production; - Training courses; - Holidays; - The last boy scout; - Have a break before you have a break down; - Sports day; - In the exam hall; - Marking madness; - Surviving a hangover; 6. Money's too tight to mention; - Money mis-management; - Day-tripping - or lack of it; - Extra-curricula spending; 7. Dealing with colleagues; - Gossip; - Being sporty; - When your classroom is used and abused; 8. Dealing with parents; - Parents' evening; - Letters from parents; - The school run; Conclusion