The Cynic's Guide to Teaching

by Phillip A Matthews

Overview

cational landscape. This satirical handbook offers insights from Professor Phillip Alexander Matthews, a renowned educator, who explains how to deal with these challenges in a brutally honest fashion. Matthews offers practical help such as how to avoid becoming friends with colleagues, how to talk smack but sound still sincere when communicating with parents and other advice on making the most of an average job. This is the authority on the teaching profession, one that will have experienced teachers nodding in agreement with Matthews' honest observations and warning wide-eyed graduates of what to expect as they start out in their career. Matthews pulls no punches, using his sharp observations on every one, from the Headmaster to the Librarian, in a book that is a refreshing take on education.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780645313918
Publisher:	Slate Press
Publication date:	09/30/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	146
File size:	1 MB

Table of Contents

1. Starting on Common Ground: Kids are Dumb.
2. Psychology of the Teacher and the Free Morning Tea: How to Win Friends and Influence People.
3. Relax, it's Just a Job.
4. Out of Class Duties (or Getting Paid to Stand Around).
5. Parent/Teacher Interviews and Reports: How to Talk Smack but Still Sound Sincere.
6. Technology in the Workplace (and How to Look Busy).
7. Why Autonomy in the Classroom Breeds Losers in the Workforce.
8. Reilly, Cody, Becky, Casey and other Kids with Names Ending in 'y': How to Spot and Deal with a Genuine Jerk.
9. Specialisation: Finding your Niche.
10. Fostering Professional Relationships in the Workplace (or, Avoiding Close Relationships with Colleagues).
11. Assessment Tasks and Special Provisions. 
12. The Twice-Exceptional Student and Differentiation.
13. School Musicals, Debating and Open Days: Ways Schools Try to Impress.
14. Concluding Remarks.