A Vocation at Risk: A Survival Guide for New Teachers
New teachers need a resource which will accomplish three things. First, a work is needed that gives them the imminently practical information that they will need to succeed in their careers. This information includes tips on surviving the politics of a school and how to successfully communicate with the parents of the school. Second, pre-service teachers need a work that will provide them with a workable theoretical base that is clearly tied to their practice. There is no lack of theory in teacher preparation programs, but my research has shown that students do not see the connections between the theory that is preached and their career concerns. Finally, there is a great need for a work that will reacquaint pre-service teachers with the idealistic purposes of education. Many young people choose education as a career because of their desire to “make a difference” in the life of a child or in their community. But by the time they have completed the necessary course work, these same students no longer recall their earlier idealism. There is a tremendous need to remind new teachers of their ideals as they prepare to enter a classroom. This book does all three.

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A Vocation at Risk: A Survival Guide for New Teachers
New teachers need a resource which will accomplish three things. First, a work is needed that gives them the imminently practical information that they will need to succeed in their careers. This information includes tips on surviving the politics of a school and how to successfully communicate with the parents of the school. Second, pre-service teachers need a work that will provide them with a workable theoretical base that is clearly tied to their practice. There is no lack of theory in teacher preparation programs, but my research has shown that students do not see the connections between the theory that is preached and their career concerns. Finally, there is a great need for a work that will reacquaint pre-service teachers with the idealistic purposes of education. Many young people choose education as a career because of their desire to “make a difference” in the life of a child or in their community. But by the time they have completed the necessary course work, these same students no longer recall their earlier idealism. There is a tremendous need to remind new teachers of their ideals as they prepare to enter a classroom. This book does all three.

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A Vocation at Risk: A Survival Guide for New Teachers

A Vocation at Risk: A Survival Guide for New Teachers

by James A. Bryant Jr.
A Vocation at Risk: A Survival Guide for New Teachers

A Vocation at Risk: A Survival Guide for New Teachers

by James A. Bryant Jr.

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Overview

New teachers need a resource which will accomplish three things. First, a work is needed that gives them the imminently practical information that they will need to succeed in their careers. This information includes tips on surviving the politics of a school and how to successfully communicate with the parents of the school. Second, pre-service teachers need a work that will provide them with a workable theoretical base that is clearly tied to their practice. There is no lack of theory in teacher preparation programs, but my research has shown that students do not see the connections between the theory that is preached and their career concerns. Finally, there is a great need for a work that will reacquaint pre-service teachers with the idealistic purposes of education. Many young people choose education as a career because of their desire to “make a difference” in the life of a child or in their community. But by the time they have completed the necessary course work, these same students no longer recall their earlier idealism. There is a tremendous need to remind new teachers of their ideals as they prepare to enter a classroom. This book does all three.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781475858563
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date: 06/25/2021
Pages: 150
Product dimensions: 6.07(w) x 8.58(h) x 0.45(d)

About the Author

James A. Bryant, Jr. is an author and educator who lives in Western North Carolina. He is the author of Curley and Now More Than Ever: “Social Studies” in the 21st Century, as well as the founder and director of the Gadugi program, an early college program at Cherokee High School.

Table of Contents

Foreword, Dr. Deborah Kinsland Foerst

Introduction, Cody Beasley

Chapter One: Forever Unfit to be a Slave

Chapter Two: Pilgrims to the Horizon

Chapter Three: Rowing to Galveston

Chapter Four: Standing on Desks

Chapter Five: The Same River Twice

Chapter Six: “Well done young man”

Chapter Seven: Dispatch from Jericho Road

Chapter Eight:Issues and Trends

Chapter Nine: A Vocation at Risk: Outflanking the Forty-eight

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