Class management

There is much talk about education, but little about the art of teaching. How do we manage a class? The question is complex at a time in which the school system, the students, and the learning needs are changing.

Staging a dialogue between three teachers with different personalities and points of view, the book analyzes the issues that most concern teachers and offers a set of worksheets promoting self-assessment and reflection that help improve teaching efficacy and the relationship with students and colleagues, increase communication inside and outside the school, and develop self-control and planning skills.

In particular, the book addresses the role and the social responsibility of teachers, their problems with stress, self-esteem and authority, class dynamics and class management, lesson planning, the different teaching styles, grading and assessment and the relationship with colleagues and parents.

The dialogue between three fictional teachers—a young substitute, a progressive teacher and a philosophy teacher who has lost all enthusiasm—brings out three different perspectives that are analyzed with the help of worksheets and addressed by indicating various possible strategies of intervention.