ABSTRACT

Are you considering or already training to become a teacher?

Do you want to know more about the variety of types of training on offer?

Do you need reassurance that you are on the right path?

Or would you just like to see how others cope with their teacher training?

If so, this lively book, built on the experience of thousands of people just like you, is exactly what you need. Written by experts with backgrounds in teaching, supporting teacher learning and researching teacher training, and based on a major study of nearly 5,000 beginner teachers, it provides an authentic insight into what lies ahead when becoming a teacher.

The book, which incorporates extensive conversations with large numbers of student and newly qualified teachers, will also serve as the ideal course companion when undertaking your Initial Teacher Training programme. It includes practical ideas and strategies for coping with various aspects of life as a student teacher, for example, dealing with pupil behaviour, building and managing relationships with mentors and other teachers in schools, and finding and obtaining a first teaching post.

chapter |10 pages

Introduction

part |41 pages

Thinking about training to be a teacher

chapter |12 pages

‘I just fancied the challenge'

Is teaching for you?

chapter |12 pages

‘It was the easiest and the quickest!'

Choosing an ITT route and provider

part |72 pages

Being a student teacher

chapter |20 pages

‘It's all a bit overwhelming at first!'

Dealing with the emotional roller-coaster of beginning a teacher training course

chapter |16 pages

‘It wears you down emotionally'

Dealing with issues of pupil behavior

chapter |9 pages

‘All the theory goes out of the window'?

The relevance and value of theory in ITT

chapter |13 pages

‘I'm glad I've built up such good relationships'

Building and maintaining productive relationships in ITT

chapter |12 pages

‘I can't be doing with it'

Are you thinking of quitting ITT?

part |23 pages

Moving beyond initial teacher training and looking ahead

chapter |17 pages

‘I just got this feeling when I walked in; I felt that I would fit there'

Finding and securing your first teaching post

chapter |4 pages

Conclusion

‘Ditching the student teacher tag'