Engaging and Managing Learners: Practitioners' Perspectives Edited by Quek Choon Lang, Angela F.L. Wong and Tay May Yin - Rev. Ed.

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Imprint: Singapore : Prentice Hall, 2008.

"Learning to be a teacher is a journey with many challenges along the way. This book is written for pre-service and beginning teachers. It draws from practitioners' experiences in and perspectives of classroom teaching and management in Singapore schools. It provides a broad picture of what classroom teaching encompasses, what effective classroom practices are and how to grow in the teaching profession. 

There are 17 chapters presented according to the following four themes:

Theme 1: Learning environment (Chapters 1-4)
Understanding the learning environment from the systemic perspective and the teachers' perspectives in terms of planning and preparing to teach

Theme 2: Processes of teaching and learning (Chapters 5-11)
Delivering and managing activities in and beyond the classrooms

Theme 3: Monitoring student learning and student behaviour (Chapters 12-15)
Managing students with learning problems, communicating with students and providing appropriate feedback for student learning

Theme 4: Developing teacher professional qualities (Chapters 16-17)
Acquiring positive attributes, attitudes and dispositions of being and becoming effective teachers"--Preface.

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