ABSTRACT

The Confident Teacher offers a practical, step-by-step guide to developing the habits, characteristics and pedagogy that will enable you to do the best job possible. It unveils the tacit knowledge of great teachers and combines it with respected research and popular psychology. Covering topics such as organisation, using your body language effectively, combatting stress, managing student behaviour, questioning and feedback, and developing confident students, it shows how you can build the confidence and skill to flourish in the classroom.

This book will be an essential resource for all qualified and trainee teachers wanting to reach their full potential in this challenging but rewarding profession.

chapter 1|7 pages

Introduction

section Section 1|86 pages

The confident mind

chapter 2|20 pages

How much confidence is enough?

chapter 3|20 pages

Developing self-confidence

chapter 4|23 pages

The pursuit of expertise

chapter 5|21 pages

The productive teacher

section Section 2|69 pages

Our confident body

chapter 6|9 pages

A healthy body and mind

chapter 7|19 pages

Combatting stress

chapter 8|13 pages

The performance of teaching

chapter 9|26 pages

Managing student behaviour

section Section 3|95 pages

Confident pedagogy

chapter 11|18 pages

Exemplary explanations

chapter 12|23 pages

Confident questioning and feedback

chapter 13|21 pages

Successful modelling and metacognition

chapter 14|20 pages

Memory for learning

section Section 4|22 pages

Confident learners

chapter 15|19 pages

Bridging the confidence gap

chapter |1 pages

Postscript