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Making Your First Year a Success : a Classroom Survival Guide for Middle and High School Teachers.
This second edition helps secondary teachers incorporate technology and differentiation into instruction, connect lesson planning and standards, deal with stress, and nurture themselves emotionally and physically.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Thousand Oaks :
SAGE Publications,
2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Contents
- About the Authors
- Introduction
- Chapter 1
- Surviving in School
- Your Own Classroom
- Looking at and Setting up Your New Environment
- Learning School Policy and Procedures
- Creating an Inviting Environment by Attitude and Demeanor
- Welcoming Students
- Another Scenario
- Making Space Inviting
- Show Students' Work
- Display Learning Materials
- Shared Rooms and Shared Display Areas
- Getting to Know Your Colleagues
- Getting to Know Your Mentor
- Getting to Know Other Staff Members
- Discovering the "Thou Shalt/Thou Shalt Nots"
- Listening Carefully and Observing Closely
- Finding Your Niche
- Remaining Flexible
- Journal Topics
- Chapter 2
- Surviving Requires Working Well with Students
- Examining Postmodernism in Thinking about Students
- Recognizing Different Types of Students
- At-Risk Students Need Attention
- The Studious Need Help
- Popular Students are at Risk
- The New At-Risk Student
- Teaching Students with Special Needs
- Students With Special Needs on Field Trips
- Students With Special Needs Provide Unique Challenges
- Welcoming Students with Limited English Proficiency
- Cooperative Learning and Individualized Lessons
- Where Do You Start?
- Establishing Mutual Trust
- Journals Reveal Warm Thoughts
- Let Students Know They can Succeed
- Journal Topics
- Chapter 3
- Surviving Requires Good Classroom Management
- Designing Classroom Management
- Talk to Other Teachers
- Think About What You Want to Happen Daily in Your Classroom
- Collect Homework at the Beginning of Class
- Determine What You Will Not Tolerate
- Be Aware of Consequences Punishing You as Well as the Student
- Is Detention an Option?
- Talk with Parents
- Don't Take Behavior Problems Personally
- Devise a Method for Documentation
- Further Record Keeping.
- Be Aware of Confidentiality Requirements
- How to Handle Publicized Grades
- Should Students Mark Each Other's Papers?
- Positive Ways to Make Your Classroom Management Plan Work
- Rewarding Good Behavior
- Encouraging Self-Discipline
- Dealing with Possible Violence
- Focusing on Respect
- Journal Topics
- Chapter 4
- Surviving Includes Good Lesson Plans
- Creating a Master Plan
- Writing Lesson Objectives
- Bloom's Taxonomy
- Bloom Explained with a New Perspective
- Gardner's Multiple Intelligences
- The Lesson Plan Format
- Finding Your Own Format
- Journal Topics
- Chapter 5
- Making Assessment Work
- Standardization in Assessment
- Using Formative Assessments
- Using Summative Evaluations
- Overcoming Apathy: Making Lessons Authentic and Using Alternative Assessment
- Using Portfolios as an Alternative Assessment
- Using Direct Assessment
- Using a Rubric
- Using Peer Judgments
- So What about Assessment?
- Journal Topics
- Chapter 6
- Making Technology Work for Enchanced Learning
- Students Become Actively Involved
- Students May Ask Questions
- Global Connections
- Cooperative Efforts in the Classroom
- The Computer as a Teaching Tool
- How Does a New Teacher Get Involved?
- Computer Software
- Television, Videos, and Audiotapes
- Word Processing
- Overhead Transparencies
- Technological Changes
- Journal Topics
- Chapter 7
- Making Parent Communication Work
- Making Time for Communication
- Plan for Positive Communication
- Making Yourself Available
- Making Parent and Teacher Expectations Mesh
- Making Parent-Teacher Conferences Pleasant
- Making the Best of a Bad Situation
- Making Adjustments for Communication about Special Needs Students
- Making Telephone Conferences Effective
- Making Parents Aware of Failing Grades
- Making Students and Parents Responsible.
- Making Parent Communication a Positive Experience
- Journal Topics
- Chapter 8
- Making Yourself a Professional
- Developing the Attitude of a Professional
- An Attitude of Hope
- Acting as a Professional
- Attending to Extra Duty
- Avoiding Compromising Situations
- Responding to Student Telephone Calls and Notes
- Living in a "Glass House"
- Accepting the Challenge of Lifelong Learning
- Associating with Professionals
- Allowing Time for Professional Growth
- Nurturing Yourself
- Journal Topics
- References.