Being a teacher : the trainee teacher's guide to developing the personal and professional skills you need

There are many elements to learning how to be a teacher.  As well as developing subject knowledge for teaching and building practical classroom skills, new teachers must develop the personal professional skills and behaviours needed to Be a Teacher.  This book outlines the skills and behaviours involved in Being in Teacher and explores how to develop these attributes and build your teacher identity.  It supports you to: ·        enhance your personal effectiveness and your teaching; ·        understand the importance of communication and learn to communicate with clarity; ·        realise that your reality creates the classroom environment; ·        create a positive and purposeful learning adventure.