The Growing Teacher

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The Growing Teacher

• How to become the teacher
• youve always wanted to be

Jon Carlson and Casey Thorpe
Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs,
N.J.07632,1984
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Contents

• 1. Becoming the teacher youve always wanted to
  be
• 2. How to maintain your growing edge
• 3. Motivation Building students feelings of
• confidence and self-worth
• 4. Discipline Using natural and logical methods
  that develop responsibility
• 5. Why do they do what they do?
• 6. Communication Learning to give and take
• 7. Growing through problems
• 8. Working together

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The Growing Teacher first describes qualities the
teacher should strive for as a professional
physical, mental, and emotional.
This book provides questionnaires that help the
teachers discover their personal and
professional goals and prescribes a plan for
guiding the teachers personal growthincluding
ways to evaluate their life style, reduce
stress, and manage time.
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This book provides words of wisdom and a wealth
of ideas on

• motivating the teacher and students
• how to incorporate more encouragement
• into teaching methods and focus on the
• positive

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This book provides words of wisdom and a wealth
of ideas on

• discipline how to develop the
• students sense of responsibility and
• consequences instead of doing out
• punishment

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This book provides words of wisdom and a wealth
of ideas on

• Communication skills learning to
• listen to students and getting them
• to talk to the teacher

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This book provides words of wisdom and a wealth
of ideas on

• problem solving understanding the
• reasons behind misbehavior and
• helping kids come to their own decisions
• on how to change

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This book provides words of wisdom and a wealth
of ideas on

• group dynamics how to foster
• cooperation and supervise large
• numbers of children

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This book provides words of wisdom and a wealth
of ideas on

• classroom activities