McKeown, Rosalyn.

Into the classroom : a practical guide for starting student teaching / Rosalyn McKeown. - 1st ed. - Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c2011. - xv, 165 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Twelve years as a student do not prepare you to be a teacher -- Common pitfalls of inexperience -- Order in the classroom: managing common discipline problems -- Ready, aim, teach: writing objectives and lesson plans -- Great beginnings and endings -- Instructional strategies and techniques: introducing variety -- Lecture, if you must -- Models: the memorable part of the lesson -- Asking questions -- Little thoughts and big thoughts -- Discussions and interactive teaching -- Working with visual aids -- Boring teachers -- Not everyone learns the same way you do -- Be kind -- Tensions of practice teaching -- Organizing your room to suit your needs -- Developing your own teaching style.

9781572338166 (pbk.) 1572338164 (pbk.)

2011011282


Student teaching--United States.

LB2157.U5 / M37 2011

370.71