How to be a Successful Teacher
Strategies for Personal and Professional Development
- Paul Castle - Formerly of University of Worcester, UK
- Scott Buckler - Independent Academic, Teacher, Chartered Psychologist
Teaching is a rewarding, yet demanding profession, one in which a person needs to be fully prepared. This book focuses on the applied psychological skills, strategies, and resources, which will help to ensure teachers are equipped with personal and professional expertise to survive in the classroom.
Key Features
- Provides an overview of important psychological themes within teaching such as confidence, motivation, and self esteem
- Explores physical issues related to successful psychological functioning, such as fitness and nutrition
- Offers advice and activities which show how to learn and use psychological skills techniques directly
Readily accessible to a wide audience, including internationally, the book assumes no prior knowledge of psychology. The authors give specific examples taken from a diverse range of professional situations with relevant theoretical underpinnings.
The text provides support to students taking teacher training courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. It will also help teachers in their formative professional years.
'Reading this book may change your attitude to your students, your colleagues and most of all, to yourself. It is written accessibly and has a pleasingly irreverent tone, but a warning: it will challenge you to think differently!' - Phil Beadle, Columnist, Education Guardian
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I picked the book up thinking that I’d better have a look at it as the deadline for submission of my review is looming and… I found myself hooked! Ten minutes later I was still reading for pleasure. I even found myself laughing!' - ESCalate
'It is rare to find a book on teaching that actually provokes thought and stimulates a whole new approach to improving the chances of successful teaching. This book really is a must for anyone within the teaching sector wishing to reach new standards and enjoy greater success in their chosen career...The book is packed with advice, activities and reflections and each chapter concludes with a one minute summary. Overall, this is an excellent book that can really make a difference' - Amazon Customer Review
a practical book focusing on the psychological themes relevant to teaching as well as exploring the psysiological issues influencing learning and teaching
Engaging and lively writing style which gets to the heart of students' preoccupations in the early days of both training and teaching.
Engaging and lively writing style which gets to the heart of students' preoccupations in the early days of both training and teaching.
Engaging and lively writing style which gets to the heart of students' preoccupations in the early days of both training and teaching.
Readable, appealing and informative. Excellent tool for my own development and will be encouraging others to read it too.
well written text - certainly will enhance many student's understanding of the subject and of improving their classroom practice
An easy read flow. Continue to find it a valuable resource.
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This is the kind of book that ought to be a graduation present for all teachers finishing teacher training and for all teachers who are finding the going tough. It is packed with useful, practical ideas to help teachers keep sane in busy times i.e. all of them! Although stongly flavoured with self evaluation and reflection, it's so much better than the usual run-of-the-mill self-help psycho-babble available. Counsellors in education would also find this book valuable.
