Teaching Skills for Dummies - (For Dummies) by Sue Cowley (Paperback)

About the Book

Being a 'good teacher' is a difficult goal to achieve, being largely dependent on a huge variety of skills outside of the main curriculum. 'Teaching Skills For Dummies' focuses on these 'soft' skills of teaching, from maintaining discipline to creating engaging lesson plans and monitoring performance.

Book Synopsis

Being a "good teacher" is a difficult goal to achieve, being largely dependent on a huge variety of skills outside of the main curriculum. Teaching Skills For Dummies focuses on these 'soft' skills of teaching, from maintaining discipline to creating engaging lesson plans and monitoring performance. This essential guide promises to help teachers gain the respect of their pupils, manage potential confrontations and ultimately get the best out of both their careers and their students.

Teaching Skills For Dummies includes information on:

• Developing Your Teaching Style
• Teaching a Class
• Managing a Class
• Dealing with Different Kinds of People
• Succeeding Beyond the Classroom

"Don't let the title fool you; this is an essential guide and resource for any aspiring teacher. Sue Cowley uses her experience and insight to provide a comprehensive and informative resource, packed with excellent advice and brilliant suggestions for making both teaching and learning effective. A must for any teacher's bookshelf!"
- Peter Hadfield, Principal lecturer in Education, University of Bedfordshire

From the Back Cover

Be the teacher that they remember

Are difficult pupils disrupting your lessons? Is paperwork taking up all your time? Are you looking for new ideas to keep your class interested? If so, you've come to the right place. This lively guide covers everything from delivering fantastic lessons to dealing with challenging situations and managing your time outside the classroom. Whether you're an experienced teacher or are just starting out, this friendly handbook will help you get the most from both your pupils and your career.

• Develop a confident teaching style - improve your communication skills and find the techniques that work best for you

• Prepare and present engaging lessons - structure effective lesson plans and get the most out of your students

• Manage a class effectively - encourage good behaviour and create a positive classroom atmosphere

• Deal with different types of people - build good relationships with your students, their parents and your colleagues

• Succeed beyond the classroom - deal with the paperwork, get involved with extra-curricular activities and develop your career

'Don't let the title fool you; this is an essential guide for any aspiring teacher. Sue Cowley uses her experience and insight to provide a comprehensive and informative resource, packed with excellent advice and brilliant suggestions for making both teaching and learning effective. A must for any teacher's bookshelf!' - Peter Hadfield, Principal Lecturer in Education, University of Bedfordshire

Open the book and find:

• Body language techniques for projecting authority

• Advice on effective lesson planning

• Ways to appeal to different learning styles

• The best methods for assessing and grading your pupils

• Helpful time-management techniques

• Guidance on establishing discipline and dealing with confrontation

• How to deal with parents' evenings

• Ten top stress-busting tips

Review Quotes

"An Extremely useful tool for the student or newly qualified teacher, but well worth any teacher's time." (Headteacher Update, June 2009)

About the Author

Sue Cowley is an experienced teacher and behaviour management expert and is the best-selling author of Getting the Buggers to Behave. Sue writes regular articles for a range of teacher publications and parenting magazines. She also provides training and consultancy for schools around the UK.