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Author Kennedy

Title Becoming a Teacher EBook
Edition 7th ed
Published Melbourne : Pearson Education Australia, 2021

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Description 1 online resource (1000 p.)
Contents Intro -- Becoming a Teacher -- Becoming a Teacher -- Preface -- Part 1 Being a teacher -- Chapter 1 Personal values and attitudes -- Learning objectives -- Considering the value dimensions of teaching -- Values -- Attitude -- Belief -- Ethics -- What is an 'effective' teacher? -- The complexity of being a teacher -- Personal characteristics -- Educational experiences and pedagogical knowledge -- School contexts -- Physical space -- Virtual space -- Determining your suitability for teaching -- Resilience -- A sense of purpose -- Summary -- Questions -- Chapter 2 Teacher values
Learning objectives -- Values for teaching in the 21st century -- Reflective practice -- Reflexivity -- Developing a teaching philosophy -- Tom's teaching philosophy -- Hannah's teaching philosophy -- Professional standards -- The Australian development of teacher standards -- The Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST) -- The APST and evidence -- The APST and Teacher Performance Assessment (TPA) -- Getting practical -- The APST and teacher registration -- The importance of professional learning -- Professional learning or professional development? -- Forms of professional learning
What works in professional learning? -- Summary -- Questions -- Chapter 3 Ethical standards -- Learning objectives -- Ethics and decision making -- Ethical decision making in the classroom -- Teaching as a moral craft -- Ethical frameworks and codes of conduct -- National statements -- Character education -- Codes of conduct and codes of ethics -- Ethical relationships -- Ethical relationships between the teacher and the principal -- Ethical relationships between the teacher and students -- Ethical relationships between a school and private industry -- Legal issues in teaching
Education and the law -- Teachers' rights and professional obligations -- Academic freedom -- Freedom of speech -- Copying of published materials -- Defamation -- Rights of students -- Discipline and punishment, exclusion from school -- Privacy: searches, confiscations and drug testing -- Property -- Use of smartphones -- Wearing religious clothing -- Bullying -- Abuse and neglect -- Enforcement of student rights -- The provision of legal advice -- The provision of education -- Summary -- Questions -- Part 2 Learners and learning -- Chapter 4 Learning what? -- Learning objectives
What is the curriculum? -- Curriculum is what is taught in schools -- Curriculum is content -- Curriculum is a set of performance objectives -- Curriculum is what a student experiences -- Curriculum is what is planned for students -- Curriculum is working with the internet -- Curriculum: a working definition -- Planning the curriculum -- Working with curriculum documents -- Curriculum -- an early childhood example -- Primary and secondary curriculum -- The Australian curriculum: A 21st-century achievement -- Developing the Australian curriculum -- F-10 Curriculum -- Senior secondary curriculum
Summary This classic text is known and trusted for being a practical, user-friendly, and approachable introduction to the profession of teaching. These hallmark features are continued and strengthened in the new edition. The 7th Edition provides multiple and diverse opportunities for students
Notes Description based upon print version of record
The multidimensional curriculum
Form Electronic book
Author Henderson
Marsh
ISBN 9781488620263
1488620261