There should be a copy in every staffroom...In short it's invaluable: keep it under lock or key, or your colleagues will pinch it." TES ?This book will help you negotiate the minefield that is the teaching profession. It?s realistic, practical and stuffed with valuable information.? Sue Cowley This is the definitive teaching resource for trainees everywhere. Drawing on the advice of professionals from every sphere of education, teaching guru, Sue Cowley, presents a vivid insider's guide to surviving in teaching - from preparing for teaching practice and finding a job, to planning lessons and managing behaviour, right through to grappling with ICT and progressing your career Illustrated throughout with checklists, real-life documents and a series of interviews with people working in education, this is the most user-friendly, entertaining and realistic book on teaching ever published. The second edition of this classic text has been fully up-dated and boasts a new chapter on ?teaching and learning?, a series of new interviews and an edu-speak jargon-buster.

Sue Cowley is the author of a number of best-selling education
and parenting books. She writes regularly for several teaching
publications, including the TES and Junior Education. She has taught
students at both primary and secondary level, in the UK and overseas. She
now works as an educational writer, trainer and presenter.

2005-07-18 Fab for those unsure of whether to go into teaching

i got this book yesterday and can honestly not put it down! i havent started any training and find its great - it goes into all the details of the training and even applying for the course - everything leading up to the actual result of being a teacher, plus some great insight into the aftermath too. I also found the case studies and questions she asked teachers and trainees extremely useful. So glad i got this, dont let it put u off that its not specialized into primary or secondary (which i nearly was) as it goes into each anyway and is just an easy and informative read. thanks so much! 5/5!