The Student Teacher's Handbook

by Schwebel, Andrew I.; Schwebel, Bernice L.; Schwebel, Carol R.; Schwebel, Milton

• ISBN13: 9780805821307
• ISBN10: 0805821309
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-08-01
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc Inc

Table of Contents

Preface	xi	(1)
Acknowledgments	xii
I BEGINNINGS	1	(26)
1 Introduction: On Being a Student Teacher	3	(7)
Some keys to success	3	(1)
The student teacher as apprentice	4	(1)
Concentrating on your needs	5	(1)
How this book can help you	6	(1)
Journals: Former student teachers share their experiences	7	(1)
The contents of this book	8	(1)
Critical issues	9	(1)
2 Preparing for Student Teaching	10	(17)
Expectations about your class	11	(2)
Self-expectations	13	(1)
Preparing for your assignment	14	(1)
Becoming part of the school community	15	(1)
Common concerns of student teachers	16	(2)
The CONTROL-C method of problem solving	18	(5)
Four stages to student-teaching success	23	(3)
Stage 1: The early days	23	(2)
Stage 2: Becoming a member of the teaching team	25	(1)
Stage 3: Soloing as a teacher	25	(1)
Stage 4: Feeling like a teacher	25	(1)
Critical issues	26	(1)
II RELATIONSHIPS	27	(86)
3 Building a Good Relationship With Your Cooperating Teacher	29	(27)
The first meeting	29	(2)
The first day	31	(1)
Stages in your relationship with your cooperating teacher	32	(19)
Stage 1: The early days	33	(1)
Stage 2: Becoming a member of the teaching team	34	(4)
Stage 3: Soloing as a teacher	38	(11)
Stage 4: Feeling like a teacher	49	(2)
How you and your cooperating teacher may differ in assessing your performance	51	(1)
Relating to substitute teachers	51	(3)
Your student-teaching assignment and the realities of school life	54	(1)
Critical issues	55	(1)
4 Building a Good Relationship With Your College/University Supervisor	56	(19)
How your supervisor can help you	57	(10)
As classroom observer and constructive critic	57	(5)
As a problem-solving resource	62	(2)
As a source of emergency help	64	(1)
As a seminar leader	65	(1)
As a support figure	66	(1)
What supervisors look for	67	(1)
The classroom conditions that set limits	67	(5)
How you will be evaluated	72	(1)
Supervisors as evaluators	73	(1)
Critical issues	74	(1)
5 Building a Good Relationship With Students	75	(15)
Learning about the students in your class	76	(3)
Recognizing the diversity in your class	79	(3)
Dealing with troubling and troubled students	82	(2)
Preventing problems	84	(2)
How students and student teachers feel about each other	86	(1)
How friendly should you be?	87	(1)
Analyzing your classroom work	88	(1)
Critical issues	89	(1)
6 Building Relationships With Parents, Principal, and Others	90	(23)
Getting to know the parents	91	(15)
The American family	92	(1)
Culturally different parents	93	(2)
Parent-teacher meetings/parents' open house night	95	(1)
Individual parent-teacher conferences	96	(2)
Individual parent conferences for special needs	98	(5)
Parent visits during the school day	103	(1)
Parental reactions to a student teacher	104	(1)
The absence of parent-teacher contact	105	(1)
The principal	106	(3)
As classroom observer	106	(1)
As school leader	107	(2)
The other teachers	109	(1)
The staff	110	(1)
The custodian	110	(1)
A note on next year	111	(1)
Critical issues	111	(2)
III WHAT AND HOW WE TEACH	113	(100)
7 Diversity, Inclusion, and Expectations in Teaching	115	(22)
Important teacher characteristics	116	(6)
Being respectful	116	(1)
Being a warm, caring person	117	(1)
Being aware of your expectations for your students	117	(5)
Students who may require special attention	122	(10)
Students with disabilities	122	(1)
Mainstreaming	122	(1)
Evaluation of mainstreaming	123	(3)
A student teacher's anxieties about mainstreaming	126	(1)
The intellectually gifted	127	(2)
Students living in poverty	129	(1)
Female students and expectations	130	(2)
Teaching in a multicultural society	132	(4)
Critical issues	136	(1)
8 Curriculum and Teaching: Becoming Competent and Confident in the Classroom	137	(30)
Curriculum guide/course of study	138	(2)
Textbooks and the curriculum	140	(1)
The computer and the curriculum	141	(4)
Computer-related issues in cooperating classrooms	141	(4)
Observation of the curriculum at work	145	(6)
When you begin to teach	151	(7)
Using the arts	158	(1)
Resources	158	(2)
Using technology in your teaching	160	(1)
How much individualization?	161	(1)
Cooperative learning	162	(1)
Assessment	163	(2)
Teaching the whole class the first time	165	(1)
Next year	166	(1)
Critical issues	166	(1)
9 Classroom Management and Discipline	167	(21)
The different meanings of "discipline"	168	(2)
Seven principles of successful management	170	(17)
1. Functioning as the adult leader	170	(1)
2. Managing time--Managing ourselves	171	(2)
3. Developing your own theory of management and discipline	173	(2)
4. Problem solving	175	(4)
5. Planning	179	(3)
6. Assessing progress	182	(1)
7. Preventing problems	183	(4)
Critical Issues	187	(1)
10 Coping With Tough Problems	188	(25)
Meeting both individual and class needs	189	(1)
The defiant student	190	(3)
The intimidating student	193	(4)
The student with low self-esteem	197	(2)
The abused and neglected student	199	(1)
Sexual issues	200	(3)
The disruptive student	203	(3)
The student who steals	206	(2)
Expecting the unexpected	208	(1)
Growth in coping	209	(3)
Critical issues	212	(1)
IV TODAY AND TOMORROW	213	(42)
11 The Student Teacher As a Person	215	(19)
Coping with controlled exhaustion	215	(2)
Reacting to being criticized	217	(1)
Discovering that teachers are people	218	(2)
Overcoming self-doubt	220	(3)
Coping with stress	223	(1)
Coping with ethical issues	224	(4)
Becoming socialized	228	(1)
Appreciating the college/university supervisor's support	229	(2)
Growing in the "School of Hard Knocks"	231	(2)
Critical issues	233	(1)
12 From Student Teacher to Teacher	234	(21)
Escape from freedom	235	(1)
Starting the job hunt	236	(2)
Your resume	238	(1)
Your portfolio	238	(4)
The interview	242	(3)
The rejection letter	245	(1)
The acceptance letter	246	(1)
Getting certified	246	(1)
Getting to know relevant educational law and legal issues	247	(1)
Preparing for the job	248	(2)
The first day as teacher	250	(1)
Humor	250	(2)
Categorizing students by need	252	(1)
The evenings of the first weeks	253	(1)
The real world	254	(1)
Critical issues	254	(1)
References	255	(6)
Author Index	261	(4)
Subject Index	265