{"product_id":"thriving-as-a-professional-teacher-9781138636095","title":"Thriving as a Professional Teacher","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThriving as a Professional Teacher\u003c\/em\u003e explores the tensions and balance between developing the classroom you know will be best for the children you teach, and facing external pressures such as Ofsted, performance management, Teacher Standards and the need to prepare children for SATs and other tests. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book locates the professional in the political context before outlining the key challenges faced and experienced, and laying the foundations necessary for the professional to thrive. An expert team of contributors analyses the differences between professionalism and ''professionalisation'', and emphasises the importance of promoting a collaborative, sharing culture to give you the knowledge needed to challenge and contest competing agendas. Topics covered include:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eunderstanding the impact of policy upon teachers and the teaching profession;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003edeveloping a professional identity as a teacher;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ebuilding resilience and a sense of wellbeing as a te\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction \u003cem\u003eIan Luke, Jan Gourd\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSection 1: Locating the Professional in the Political Context \u003c\/strong\u003eChapter 1. Policy, Professionals and Professionalism \u003cem\u003eIan Luke, Tanya Ovenden-Hope, Alison Milner\u003c\/em\u003e Chapter 2. Principled Professionalism \u003cem\u003eSuzanne Hope\u003c\/em\u003e Chapter 3. Developing a Professional Identity as a Teacher \u003cem\u003eSally Eales, Anne Bradley\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSection 2: Challenges Facing the Professional\u003c\/strong\u003e Chapter 4. The Global Professional - Educational Futures in the Making? \u003cem\u003eSue Wayman\u003c\/em\u003e Chapter 5. Hidden childhoods: the unseen challenges facing professionals in schools today \u003cem\u003eSean McBlain\u003c\/em\u003e Chapter 6. Creativity and purpose in the curriculum \u003cem\u003eGill Golder\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSection 3: Laying the Foundations for the Thriving Professional\u003c\/strong\u003e Chapter 7. Resilience and wellbeing in childhood; education and therapy \u003cem\u003eHazel Bending\u003c\/em\u003e Chapter 8: Safeguarding: Rights and Relationships \u003cem\u003eChris Simpson\u003c\/em\u003e Chapter 9: Using Critical Reflective Practice to develope and thrive as a teacher \u003cem\u003eJan Gourd, Mark Andrew Dearden\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019510808919,"sku":"9781138636095","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138636095.jpg?v=1750780485","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/thriving-as-a-professional-teacher-9781138636095","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}