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Title Finding a voice while learning to teach / edited by Derek Featherstone, Hugh Munby and Tom Russell
Published London ; Washington, D.C. : Falmer Press, 1997

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 160 pages)
Contents Book Cover; Half-Title; Dedication; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; Voice as the Connection between Reflection and Action; Voice as the Connection between Experience and Authority; The Plan of the Book; Related Literature; References; Chapter 1 Learning to Teach: The Learning Is in the Experience; Others Cannot Tell You, but They Can Help; Teaching Is a Personal Enterprise; Teaching Is about Making Differences to Individuals; Learning to Teach Is a Personal Journey; Chapter 2 Common Themes in Learning to Teach; Overview
I'm Not the Only One Who Feels This WayThe Unexpected; Classroom Management; Drawing The Line; It's Not Really My Class, Is It?; Chapter 3 The Personal Nature of Teaching and Learning Experiences; Introduction by Derek Featherstone; Why We Are Doing This ... ; A Good Teacher Focuses on Students; Take Risks and Expect the Unexpected; Becoming a Better Teacher Does Not Happen Overnight; Share Your Passion for Life and Learning; Learning to Teach Is an Amazing Process; Teachers Are Not Magicians; Teacher Education Has Opened My Eyes to Teaching; Open Your Mind and Develop Your Point of View
You Must Never Stop Learning How to TeachYour Students Must Trust You; References; Chapter 4 Voices from Three Weeks of Teaching; Overview; Learning from Experience; Conquer Your Nervousness, Involve the Students to Earn Their Respect; Asking My Students for Feedback Made All the Difference; Relationships Are at the Forefront of Learning; Reflecting and Writing Showed Me My Strengths and Weaknesses; Observation and Personal Experience Go Hand in Hand; Meaningful Learning May Require Some Risks; Nothing Could Prepare Me for the Stress of Teaching; Teaching Restored My Faith in Teaching
Teaching Has to Be OrganicLearning to Teach Happens in the Classroom; The Learning Is in the School Experiences; Practice Helps, Yet Reality Can Be So Different; Sharing Our Experiences Is Very Worthwhile; Chapter 5 Voices from Eight Weeks of Teaching; Overview; A World of Possibilities ; Room to Grow ; Starting to Teach: Will I Sink or Swim? ; My Roller-coaster Ride with a Grade 4-5 Class; Teaching to Learn, Learning to Teach ; In Search of the Golden Answer; Experience First!; Teaching without Formal Training: I Love It!; The Challenge of Learning to Teach; Rare, Beautiful Moments
Teaching is a Work-in-ProgressPrepare Yourself; Chapter 6 Sink or Swim?-Voices of Extended Experience; Overview; Impressions of Learning by Early Experience; Chapter 7 Learning to Teach: A Story of Five Crises ; Overview; A Story of Five Crises; August Orientation Week; Crisis 1- Someone forgot to give me the instruction manual on teaching.; Real Teaching for Four Months (September to December); Crisis 2- I have experience, so now I'm ready to start learning about teaching.; My First Month at Queen's (January); Crisis 3- Why am I still 'carrying the ball' so much, as I learn to teach?
Summary First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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Subject Teachers -- Training of -- Ontario
Student teachers -- Ontario
First year teachers -- Ontario
Teacher orientation -- Ontario
EDUCATION -- Research.
First year teachers
Student teachers
Teacher orientation
Teachers -- Training of
Ontario
Form Electronic book
Author Featherstone, Derek.
Munby, Hugh
Russell, Tom, 1941-
ISBN 0203974069
9780203974063