Marsh's Becoming a Teacher, 6th edition

  • Maggie Clarke
  • Sharon Pittaway

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Marsh’s Becoming a Teacher, 6th Edition continues to offer pre-service teachers a practical and user-friendly guide to learning to teach that students find invaluable throughout their entire degree. Marsh covers a comprehensive introduction to teaching methodology, preparing pre-service teachers for the challenges they face in a 21st-century classroom.

All chapters in this edition have been updated with new approaches and current references by the two new authors Maggie Clarke and Sharon Pittaway.

The approach in this 6th Edition is more reflective and gives readers an even greater opportunity to interact with issues raised in the text.

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Table of contents

  • PART 1 INTRODUCTION
  • 1 What is Teaching all about?
  • PART 2 STUDENT LEARNING
  • 2 How Students Develop and Learn
  • 3 Learner Motivation and Developing Self-Esteem
  • 4 Learning Environments
  • PART 3 HOW TEACHERS ORGANISE AND TEACH
  • 5 The Australian Curriculum
  • 6 Exploring and Contesting Curriculum
  • 7 Planning and Preparing for Teaching
  • 8 Organising Classroom Structures and Routines
  • 9 Planning to Achieve Goals, Aims, Objectives, Outcomes and Standards
  • PART 4 TEACHING EFFECTIVELY
  • 10 Communicating Effectively
  • 11 Pedagogy, Teaching and Learning
  • 12 Classroom Management
  • 13 Using Resources Creatively
  • 14 Meeting the Diverse Needs of Students
  • 15 Developing Knowledgeable, Responsible and Caring Students
  • 16 Parents’ and Caregivers’ Partnerships with Schools
  • 17 Assessment and Reporting
  • PART 5 THE TEACHING PROFESSION
  • 18 Professional and Cultural Dimensions of Teaching
  • 19 Equity, Ethics and Legal Issues in Teaching
  • 20 Teacher Standards

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