Teaching for Success

Developing Your Teacher Identity in Today's Classroom

Brad Olsen

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Routledge
09 March 2016

Teacher training; Teaching skills & techniques

Teaching For Success is a comprehensive guide for navigating the process of becoming an effective teacher in the wake of contemporary and systemic challenges. Focusing on the core concept of teacher identity in clear, invigorating prose, the book illuminates how teachers can arrange, adjust, and assemble their own personal and professional teaching influences in conjunction with educational research into a coherent, unique, and successful whole. Olsen’s attention to classroom practice, social justice issues, personal satisfaction, and teacher success stories offers a sharp and useful guide for teacher development. This revised second edition has been updated and includes a new chapter that guides both new and experienced teachers through emerging, thorny issues in educational policy and practice, including high-stakes testing, blended learning, the demands of networking, and the Common Core State Standards.

By: Brad Olsen
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd edition
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 362g
ISBN: 9781138194984
ISBN 10: 1138194980
Pages: 170
Publication Date: 09 March 2016
Audience: College/higher education , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Foreword by Eric Howard Habegger Acknowledgments Chapter One: The Complexities of Teaching Chapter Two: Knowledge, Learning, and Identity for Teachers Chapter Three: Combining the Personal and the Professional in Teaching: An Example Chapter Four: Leveraging Your Teacher Identity into a Successful Professional Self Chapter Five: The Human Dimensions of Teaching and Identity Chapter Six: The Political Dimensions of Teaching and Identity Chapter Seven: Teacher Identity and the Contemporary Landscape of Teaching Appendix: Your Teacher Identity Worksheet About the Author References Index

Brad Olsen is Professor of Education at the University of California, Santa Cruz, USA. A former high school teacher and administrator, he is a recipient of the 2007 UCSC Excellence in Teaching Award. His previous books include Teaching What They Learn, Learning What They Live: How Teachers’ Personal Histories Shape Their Professional Development.

Reviews for Teaching for Success: Developing Your Teacher Identity in Today's Classroom

A teacher's life is one of continuous change and adaption. In this insightful and accessible blend of narrative and theory, Olsen skillfully explores how teachers develop their identities and how they make critical inquiry a part of their daily lives. --Stephen Brookfield, John Ireland Endowed Chair at the University of St. Thomas, USA, and author of The Skillful Teacher This book renders complex ideas not only intelligible but also meaningful. Brad Olsen brilliantly weaves together theory and research, vision, and vivid examples. Teacher-readers will find themselves respected as intellectuals and empowered as individuals. --Christine Sleeter, Professor Emerita in the College of Professional Studies at California State University, Monterey Bay, USA