Not quite a teacher - Tom Bennett

'I will translate every acronym and portmanteau the panjandrums of
education feel we can't live without. I will tell you which mug to buy,
and where your biggest worries will come from.' Tom Bennett, the Behaviour Guru

There
are many, many teacher training books that claim to offer practical
advice; some of them are even useful. There are also humorous books
aimed at teachers claiming to offer a zany, sideways look at our madcap
world; some of them even contain a joke.

This book, although
light in tone, has a serious intent: to reassure trainee and beginning
teachers that are parachuted into difficult schools without anything
like the right level of preparation. Tom Bennett walks you through the
training and initial teaching practice, offering practical advice and
wisdom from the more experienced vantage point of hindsight. This
double-narrator style allows you to identify with the situation, learn
from the experience and then critically reflect on your own teaching
journey. But most importantly, this is a teacher training guide
disguised as something actually readable.