Stories of Beginning Teachers

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 Talotta assert, a young educator will be better prepared to teach and more likely to succeed.

Part 2 contains stories of the teaching experience of participants in the University of Notre Dame's Alliance for Catholic Education. Included are nine vivid stories of the struggles and successes of new teachers reflecting on their first year, as well as sixteen shorter summaries of the daily lives of beginning teachers. Reading this book, a novice teacher will better understand student motivation, student learning, human development, classroom organization, classroom management, assessment techniques, and the administration of scho

Alysia D. Roehrig is a doctoral student in the Department of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame Michael Pressley is Professor of Teacher Education and Professor of Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Special Education at Michigan State University. He is the author of numerous books and editor of the Journal of Educational Psychology Denise A. Talotta teaches at the Marist Brothers International School in Kobe, Japan

Preface

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Introduction

1

(46)

Part I An Overview of the Challenges of Beginning Teaching and Beyond

47

(32)

The Challenges Reported by Beginning Teachers in the Notre Dame Teacher Education Program

49

(20)

What Lies Ahead? The Challenges of Experienced Teachers

69

(10)

Part II Beginning Teachers Tell Their Stories

79

(152)

Discovering Love, Laughter, and Learning in an Inner-City First Grade: Amy's Story

83

(10)

Tips and Tales from the Third Grade: Sarah's Story

93

(23)

Restlessness: Kimberly's Story

116

(12)

April Fools' Day: Daniel's Story

128

(12)

Is One Enough? Michael's Story

140

(8)

A Different World: Chris's Story

148

(12)

Learning the Hard Way: Kelly's Story

160

(15)

The Courage to Do What Is Right: Dennis's Story

175

(8)

Another Window on Beginning Teaching: What Challenged You Today?

183

(40)

Concluding Reflections

223

(8)

Acknowledgments

231

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Stories of Beginning Teachers

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