Become the Primary Teacher Everyone

Delaney, Sean

ISBN 10: 1138675636 / ISBN 13: 9781138675636

Published by Routledge, 2016

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pp. 292.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Become the Primary Teacher Everyone
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138675636
• ISBN 13: 9781138675636
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

No matter how much you want to teach and no matter how well prepared you are, beginning teaching is tough. A teacher’s work is never done; even when you work hard, there is always something more you could do. Become the Primary Teacher Everyone Wants to Have tells you what teaching is really like.

As you set out on your teaching career, this book offers thoughtful and sensible support from an experienced and sympathetic teacher. Whether you read the book through from cover to cover or dip into sections you need at particular times, each page has suggestions and ideas to help you lay a solid foundation for a fruitful and fulfilling career in teaching. Chapters cover:

• Getting Ready for Teaching;
• Teaching to Reach All Children;
• Assessing Learning and Teaching;
• Communicating with Parents and Guardians about Teaching;
• Relating with Colleagues when Teaching;
• Integrating Life, Teaching and Learning.

This book will be an invaluable guide for newly qualified and experienced teachers alike who are wanting to develop their practice and thrive in teaching.

About the Author

Seán Delaney spent 11 years teaching in primary schools in Ireland before completing a PhD in Teaching and Teacher Education at the University of Michigan, USA, in 2008. Since then he has held positions as Senior Lecturer (teaching and learning and mathematics education) and Registrar at the Marino Institute of Education, Dublin, Ireland. He presents a weekly radio programme about education on community radio station 103.2 Dublin City FM and blogs at seandelaney.com.