The Learning Game
A Teacher's Inspirational Story
$37.77
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
27 March 2002
Summary
We are all caught up in our children’s lives. We all remember our own schooldays and, as parents, we watch anxiously as our children go through it. As we look at the world of teaching from the outside we wonder not only what is going on but what we can do to help. Jonathan Smith, a born teacher and writer, takes us on his personal journey from his first days as a pupil through to the challenges of his professional and private life on the other side of the desk. He makes us feel what it is lik…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349113883 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349113882 |
| Author: | Jonathan Smith |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 27 March 2002 |
| Weight: | 180g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 124mm x 18mm |
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Thoughtful autobiographical reflections of a wise and successful teacher … a challenging how-to manual for less experienced teachers and for parents
In part it’s the thoughtful autobiographical reflections of a wise and successful teacher. At another level it’s a rather challenging how-to manual for less experienced teachers and for parents…Every jargon-free word that he writes rolls pleasurably round the mouth like good brandy. The prose is marked by a rare and incisive blend of informality and precision - INDEPENDENT
A true, wise, morale-boosting manifesto - Peter Conrad, OBSERVERHe should be compulsory reading not only for aspiring teachers but also for complacent education ministers who keep on interfering in a job that’s exhausting enough already. - SUNDAY TELEGRAPHAn inspiring account. - TESSane and fascinating … a passionate love letter to the only profession in which “you can try your hand at so many things” - Craig Brown, MAIL ON SUNDAYAn entertaining book about teaching, by a teacher - Wenday Cope, Books of the Year, DAILY TELEGRAPHThoughtful autobiographical reflections of a wise and successful teacher … a challenging how-to manual for less experienced teachers and for parents - INDEPENDENTAbout The Author
Jonathan Smith
Jonathan Smith is the author of WILFRID AND EILEEN (made into a BBC TV series) and SUMMER IN FEBRUARY (published by Abacus). He also wrote THE HEAD MAN; a series of plays for Radio 4. He is the head of English at Tonbridge School.
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