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Hey there, glad to see you are back! In this post, you will have the chance to learn more about the field of study through consulting some of the reading material featured in the following lines. Hopefully, this will help improve your knowledge about the field while also providing some information that was maybe previously unknown to you.

Teacher Job Description

(Source: Indeed.com, Teacher Job Description (consulted this website on November 11th, 2021), [Online],  URL address: https://ca.indeed.com/hire/job-description/teacher)

This website provides a complete and concise description of what it is to be a teacher. Indeed, it addresses many different aspects of the profession, going from a description of the day-to-day tasks a teacher has to take care of to an explanation of all the qualifications, experiences, and skills an ideal candidate for the job should possess, while also giving some useful information about the job in itself, such as the average salary earned when working in this domain. This definitely is a good read for someone who might be interested to pursue their studies in this field.

Teaching Methods

(Source: Teach.com, Teaching Methods (consulted this website on October 6th, 2021), [Online],  URL address: https://teach.com/what/teachers-know/teaching-methods/)

This article can be very useful for teachers themselves, but also for students or parents who want to educate themselves on the different teaching methods that have been developed over the years. Indeed, it provides an in-depth description of the said methods, regroups them into distinct categories based on what they consist of, and shows a few advantages and inconveniences that can result from their usage. Once again, it is quite an interesting read for anyone who is somewhat interested in the fundamentals of teaching and education.

What Makes a Good Oline Teacher?

(Source: BOUDREAU, Emily, What Makes an Excellent Online Teacher (consulted this website on December 3rd, 2021), [Online],  URL address: https://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/uk/20/07/what-makes-excellent-online-teacher)

This article draws an interesting and in-depth portrait of what an ideal online teacher should be like and how they should behave in order to adapt to this new method. It also gives a lot of advice to help teachers improve their online teaching skills. It is quite useful since online schooling has been in the news quite a lot recently (because of something called a global pandemic, I do not know if you have heard about it) and could become more and more prominent over the next few years. It is a great read for teachers who might meet struggles when it comes to the time to go online, but also for people who are planning to study in the domain.

How to Manage a Class Effectively

(Source: Crisis Prevention Institute, Classroom Management Techniques (consulted this website on December 3rd, 2021), [Online],  URL address: https://www.crisisprevention.com/Blog/Classroom-Management-Techniquesà0w

This article gives some great advice on how to be a competent classroom manager. Indeed, it can sometimes get difficult, as there are many things to supervise at the same time and students can sometimes be difficult behavior-wise. It mostly covers the teacher/student relationship aspect, but it also suggest some tips to the teacher for some other concepts such as schedule management. Just like the three other previous articles, it is also some good content to help both actual and future teachers.

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