Teaching to Learn, Learning to Teach: A Handbook for Secondary School Teachers

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Routledge, Jul 24, 2013 - Education - 264 pages

Teaching to Learn, Learning to Teach uniquely addresses three problems that frequently concern pre-service and beginning teachers: classroom control, satisfying state and federal mandates, and figuring out exactly what is the role of the teacher. Integrating practical, theoretical, and critical teaching considerations, it presents a model student-centered approach for designing lessons, developing personal connections with students, and building classroom communities: PRO/CLASS Practices (Planning, Relationships, Organization, Community, Leadership, Assessment, Support, Struggle). Pre-service teachers are encouraged to reinterpret the principles and continually redefine them as they develop their own reflective practice.

Changes in the Second Edition

• Updates throughout with attention to the Common Core State Standards, high stakes testing, the possibilities and limitations of technology use in the classroom, and preparing for the job market\

• Fully revised chapter on literacy

• New interviews with teachers

• Companion Website: Supplemental planning, teaching, and assessment materials; 32 extended essays including a number of the author’s widely read Huffington Post columns; interviews with beginning and veteran teachers; Ideas for Your Professional Portfolio, Resume, and Cover Letter; Recommended Websites for Teachers

 

Contents

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Why do You want to be a Teacher?
What is a Teacher?
PROCLASS PracticesPlanning Relationships Organization
Teaching?
RATIONALE AND DESCRIPTION
Educational Goals?
A PROCLASS Practices Approach
Own Performance?
How Can Teachers Provide Support for Students Having
How Can We Be More Effective Teachers and Build Better
Student Teach or Start Your First Teaching Position?
Will you rock the boatfight
Author Index
Subject Index
Copyright

PROCLASS PracticesLiteracy Assessment Support Struggle

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About the author (2013)

Alan J. Singer is Professor of Secondary Education and Director of Social Studies Education in the Department of Teaching, Literacy and Leadership at Hofstra University in New York and the editor of Social Science Docket (a joint publication of the New York and New Jersey Councils for Social Studies).

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