Becoming a Teacher: The legal, ethical and moral implications of entering society's most fundamental profession

Becoming a Teacher is a book that provides key principles for developing and understanding professional values essential to becoming a good teacher. It offers a constructive examination of the Teachers Standards, illustrative scenarios, and practical resources to equip trainee teachers with rationales to deal with contentious issues. It also explores the philosophical nature of teaching, legal, ethical, and moral responsibility, and what it means to be professional.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 384 pages
Publication date: 10 September 2021
Publisher: Crown House Publishing

Becoming a Teacher is a comprehensive guide that draws on Alan Newland's extensive experience and academic expertise in education. It provides a comprehensive framework for developing and understanding the professional values essential to becoming an excellent teacher. The book offers a constructive examination of the Teachers' Standards, offering illustrative scenarios, exemplar strategies, and practical resources to equip trainee teachers with the knowledge and tools they need to navigate challenging and sensitive issues they may encounter throughout their career. Additionally, it delves into profound questions about the philosophical nature of teaching, the definitions of legal, ethical, and moral responsibility as a teacher, and what it truly means to be professional. As a professional studies course reader, Becoming a Teacher serves as a valuable resource for trainees and early career teachers, as well as for tutors, lecturers, mentors, and CPD leads who are responsible for delivering both the compulsory aspects of the ITT Core Content Framework for all qualified teacher status (QTS) courses and the Early Career Framework CPD.

Becoming a Teacher is a comprehensive guide that draws on Alan Newland's extensive experience and academic expertise in education. It provides a comprehensive framework for developing and understanding the professional values essential to becoming an excellent teacher. The book offers a constructive examination of the Teachers' Standards, offering illustrative scenarios, exemplar strategies, and practical resources to equip trainee teachers with the knowledge and tools they need to navigate challenging and sensitive issues they may encounter throughout their career. Additionally, it delves into profound questions about the philosophical nature of teaching, the definitions of legal, ethical, and moral responsibility as a teacher, and what it truly means to be professional. As a professional studies course reader, Becoming a Teacher serves as a valuable resource for trainees and early career teachers, as well as for tutors, lecturers, mentors, and CPD leads who are responsible for delivering both the compulsory aspects of the ITT Core Content Framework for all qualified teacher status (QTS) courses and the Early Career Framework CPD.

Weight: 928g
Dimension: 187 x 247 x 32 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781785835681