The Teacher's Survival Guide

Real Classroom Dilemmas and Practical Solutions

By (author) Marc R. Major

Paperback - £48.00

Publication date:

25 July 2008

Length of book:

360 pages

Publisher

R&L Education

Dimensions:

232x156mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781578868162

Based on extensive research as well as the author's own teaching and mentoring experience, this lively book covers best practices in the essentials of teaching-from organizational tips to proven pedagogic and classroom management techniques. It combines insights from some of the most respected psychologists and educational thinkers with hundreds of firsthand discussions. In style, the book combines the intellectual rigor of a college textbook with the readability, practical relevance, and appropriate humor common to bestselling how-to manuals. While avoiding oversimplification, the author has distilled this vast reservoir of expert wisdom into an easily-digestible guidebook packed with diagrams, interviews, anecdotes, and case studies. The result is both enlightening and enjoyable to read.
Major’s book is an exceptionally well written, easy to follow guide with wonderful narrative and research and solid advice that teachers need without qualification. It is motivating and positive, with lots of examples and lots of help for the first year teacher in particular. It includes excellent chapters on the critical subject of classroom management, with many recommendations for things teachers need to know and practice so they can get through the classroom management hurdles of the first few years and see the beauty of teaching...In fact, anyone in public education who avails himself or herself of Major’s practical advice will automatically become a better teacher. An awesome achievement.