Teaching : dilemmas, challenges and opportunities / Robyn Ewing, Lisa Kervin.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1. Challenges and dilemmas of teaching -- 1. So you want to be a teacher! Working in a changing context -- 2. Ethical practice -- Part 2. Understanding learning -- 3. Understanding learner diversity -- 4. The nature of learning -- 5. The learning environment -- 6. Communication in the educational environment -- 7. Teaching, learning and curriculum in a changing world -- Part 3. The effective teacher -- 8. Teacher as co-learner -- 9. Planning, preparing and assessment for teaching -- 10. Managing the positive learning environment -- 11. Building family-school-community partnerships -- 12. Practitioner inquiry -- 13. Drawing the challenges, dilemmas and opportunities together.

"Teaching 7th edition takes a holistic approach to classroom teaching and learning. It considers the complexities and opportunities embedded in meeting learners' needs in diverse and ever-changing contexts. It encourages you to become an active learner of teaching, how to think like a teacher and to consider the fundamental aspects of teaching. It will provide you with direction to useful teaching resources; as well as case studies and reflection opportunities to encourage you to consider your own strengths and issues, the diversity of learning styles in your students, your school and wider community as well as government and ethical requirements. It aims to raise your awareness of what it really means to teach and how you can do it. This text is relevant for early childhood, primary and secondary learning environments."--Publisher.