Teaching for success : developing your teacher identity in today's classroom /
Brad Olsen.
- Second edition.
- xi, 156 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. The Complexities of Teaching -- 2. Knowledge Learning and Identity for Teachers -- Combining the Personal and the Professional in Teaching: An Example -- 4. Leveraging Your Teacher Identity into a Successful Professional Self -- 5. The Human Dimensions of Teaching and Identity-- 6. The Political Dimensions of Teaching and Identity -- 7. Teacher Identity and the Contemporary Landscape of Teaching -- Appendix: Your Teacher Identity Worksheet -- References -- Index -- About the Author -- Copyright.
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. -- Provided by publisher.