Copyright Goodheart-Willcox Co., Inc. Chapter 1 The Teaching Profession 29 Copyright Goodheart-Willcox Co., Inc. Summary ■ Effective teachers have individual personalities and talents, but share important qualities and personal characteristics. ■ Teachers spend most of their time planning, presenting lessons, and assessing learning, and may supervise extracurricular activities. ■ Teaching is rewarding and fulfilling. Teachers observe how students learn, grow, and change as they acquire the knowledge and skills essential to becoming valuable society members. ■ Teaching is also challenging as caring teachers put in long hours of work under conditions that are not always ideal. ■ Many societal problems affect students, requiring teachers to find creative, empathetic ways to meet their educational needs. ■ The field of education holds many career options including traditional classroom teaching options from preschool through college levels, online opportunities, and in such areas as administration and administrative support and professional support services. ■ Effective teachers are always in demand, although options vary by subject area and location. ■ Teaching salaries vary but usually increase with experience and more education. Review and Study 1. Contrast effective teaching qualities with effective personal characteristics of teachers. 2. How do state curriculums and school-based curriculums differ? What would supporters of each give as an advantage? 3. Name three rewards of teaching. 4. What are self-contained classrooms? At what level are these classrooms most common? 5. What is the difference between abstract thinking and concrete thinking? 6. What is collaborative learning? 7. List four types of teaching specialists. 8. Compare and contrast the duties of a corporate trainer with those of a cooperative extension educator. 9. Name four educational or societal trends that are likely to impact employment opportunities for teachers. 10. In addition to regular salaries, what types of benefits do most school districts provide for teachers? Vocabulary Activity 11. Review the Content and Academic Terms at the beginning of the chapter. For each term, identify a word or group of words describing a quality, or an attribute of the term. Pair up with a classmate and discuss the similarities and differences in your list of attributes. Then discuss your list of attributes with the whole class to increase understanding. REVIEW AND ASSESS CHAPTER 1