Stories of Beginning Teachers: First-Year Challenges and Beyond

by Denise A. Talotta and Michael Pressley

Book Overview

Stories of Beginning Teachers offers insight into the challenges and triumphs of beginning teachers, presenting both research findings and case studies on the challenges faced by new teachers. More than twenty categories and five hundred specific examples of potential problems and issues are cited in Part 1 of this book. Armed with such useful information about the most frequent, serious, and persistent challenges, Roehrig, Pressley, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268017778
• ISBN13: 9780268017774
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

For anyone contemplating embarking upon a teaching career

Collaboratively compiled and edited by Alysia D. Roehrig, Michael Pressley, and Denise A. Talotta, Stories Of Beginning Teachers: First-Year Challenges And Beyond is an informed and informative survey and description of the unique and manifold challenges new classroom teachers face, replete with anecdotes from teachers during their first year on the job, including memorable encounters, students, and tasks. A highly accessible look at the especial travails of one of the most important occupations concerning the future of humankind, Stories Of Beginning Teachers is especially commended reading for anyone contemplating embarking upon a teaching career.