Teaching Skills for Dummies (UK Edition)

Teaching Skills for Dummies (UK Edition)

by SueCowley (Author)

Synopsis

Being a good teacher is a difficult goal to achieve, being largely dependent on a huge variety of skills outside of the main curriculum. Teaching Skills For Dummies focuses on these soft skills of teaching, from maintaining discipline to creating engaging lesson plans and monitoring performance. This essential guide promises to help teachers gain the respect of their pupils, manage potential confrontations and ultimately get the best out of both their careers and their students.

Teaching Skills For Dummies includes information on:

  • Developing Your Teaching Style
  • Teaching a Class
  • Managing a Class
  • Dealing with Different Kinds of People
  • Succeeding Beyond the Classroom

Don t let the title fool you; this is an essential guide and resource for any aspiring teacher. Sue Cowley uses her experience and insight to provide a comprehensive and informative resource, packed with excellent advice and brilliant suggestions for making both teaching and learning effective. A must for any teacher s bookshelf!
- Peter Hadfield, Principal lecturer in Education, University of Bedfordshire

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More Information

Format: Illustrated
Pages: 386
Edition: 1
Publisher: For Dummies
Published: 27 Mar 2009

ISBN 10: 0470740841
ISBN 13: 9780470740842

Media Reviews
An Extremely useful tool for the student or newly qualified teacher, but well worth any teacher's time (Headteacher Update, June 2009)
Author Bio
Sue Cowley is an experienced teacher and behaviour management expert and is the best-selling author of Getting the Buggers to Behave. Sue writes regular articles for a range of teacher publications and parenting magazines. She also provides training and consultancy for schools around the UK.