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Taylor and Francis Teaching For Success Developing Your Teacher Identity In Todays Classroom 2Nd Edn 2016 Edition by Brad Olsen
Teaching For Success is a comprehensive guide for navigating the process of becoming an effective teacher in the wake of contemporary and systemic challenges. Focusing on the core concept of teacher identity in clear, invigorating prose, the book illuminates how teachers can arrange, adjust, and assemble their own personal and professional teaching influences in conjunction with educational research into a coherent, unique, and successful whole. Olsen's attention to classroom practice, social justice issues, personal satisfaction, and teacher success stories offers a sharp and useful guide for teacher development. This revised second edition has been updated and includes a new chapter that guides both new and experienced teachers through emerging, thorny issues in educational policy and practice, including high-stakes testing, blended learning, the demands of networking, and the Common Core State Standards. Foreword by Eric Howard HabeggerAcknowledgmentsChapter One: The Complexities of TeachingChapter Two: Knowledge, Learning, and Identity for TeachersChapter Three: Combining the Personal and the Professional in Teaching: An ExampleChapter Four: Leveraging Your Teacher Identity into a Successful Professional SelfChapter Five: The Human Dimensions of Teaching and IdentityChapter Six: The Political Dimensions of Teaching and IdentityChapter Seven: Teacher Identity and the Contemporary Landscape of TeachingAppendix: Your Teacher Identity WorksheetAbout the AuthorReferencesIndex