Tips for Teachers
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FEAR/CONCERN (Subject Matter)
Not know the content well.
Having inadequate understanding of an issue - not being able to come up with
good answers or explanations.
I'm concerned that I won't have mastered my subject area content - that I won't
be prepared enough as I begin teaching.
My biggest fear is that I won't have anything to say.
Not knowing the answers to student’s questions.
Remembering names and dates.
I fear not having a full body of knowledge to teach 5+ different classes. Discipline and public speaking don't scare
me, just the thought that I might not know enough to teach.
Inadequate knowledge base.
Not knowing enough.
I'm most afraid of not knowing enough about the subjects I may have to
teach. I fear kids will ask questions I
cannot answer or that I will run out of things to discuss/study.
Insufficient knowledge of a particular subject.
Will not have the answer to a question.
Fear of my own ignorance on any of a number of topics.
Not being competent enough in my subject matter.
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About the Book
Beginning teachers often have qualms about the career they have chosen. The authors of Tips for Teachers have found a way to keep these students from being derailed.
This book begins with many suggestions for classroom management, teaching methods and student morale building. In the second half of the book the authors look into the fears and concerns of student teachers at a local college. These students cooperated in filling out a questionnaire revealing the things that worried them the most at the start of their careers. Each fear and concern has been sympathetically addressed by the authors. Several suggestions dealing with each fear is offered, based on their long term professional experience. Sample forms are in the back of the book which will help the new teacher get organized and be prepared to take on the challenges of teaching.
This book will be of value to teachers at all grade levels, especially from the seventh through the twelfth grade.
About the Author
Henry T. Conserva has taught in
the public schools of California for over 50 years. He has been a curriculum
specialist in social studies for the San Francisco Unified School District and
has taught student teachers at San Francisco State University. He has done
postgraduate study at Tel Aviv University in Israel and at Harvard’s Japan
Institute. He is the author of Earth Tales and Propaganda Techniques.
Ms. Jean F. Dewees has had a long career as an administrator in the Employee Relations Department in one of the Fortune 500 Companies. At Corporate Headquarters in San Francisco she gave formal instruction to many personnel in various departments. Lately, she has written and edited textbooks for grade school use. As an accomplished photographer, many of her photographs have been published in a California history textbook. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California at Berkeley and she has studied at the City College of San Francisco, the University of Oregon, San Francisco State University and Santa Rosa Junior College.