Straight Talk to Beginning Teachers

The authors of this book have worked together in teacher education for so long, and have thought and talked about that process, that they come to hold in common a view of both teachers and teaching that is reflected in this book. This commonality extends from what makes a good beginner - most teachers are made, not born- to the means by which a teacher becomes a great tracher. Reflection is a major instrument in this growth. In a teacher's early years the presence of possible of that mentoring spirit via an extended conversation with beginning secondary teachers; thus, Straight Talk.