BOOK DETAILS

Pages: 504
Published: May 25, 2017
ISBN: 978-0-9918626-9-6
Price: $37.99

by Benjamin Kutsyuruba & Keith Walker

Benjamin Kutsyuruba and Keith Walker have gathered together over 40 teacher educators, beginning teachers, program coordinators, teacher association and ministry of education experts, teacher mentors, mentors of mentors, school administrators, and educational researchers to provide a unique, pan-Canadian set of perspectives in The Bliss and Blisters of Early Career Teaching. Anchored within their own explorations of the differential impact of teaching induction and mentorship programs on the early-career teachers' retention across Canada (a multi-year research project funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)), this book is an excellent resource for teacher educators and teacher mentors, for educational scholars, for school administrators (including recruiters and HR personnel), for pre-service teacher candidates and for new teachers who wish to hear the voices of their colleagues, mentors, and experts from across-Canada. The book offers both wide and deep perspectives, with a rich array of descriptions of and prescriptions for both the difficult and the delightful realities associated with being a new teacher and for supporting new teachers. The book contains original personal reflections and poems, programmatic and comparative case studies, a systematic review of the literature, findings from the surveys and interviews, and stories of creative approaches to induction of new teachers, mentorship, and the development of mentoring cultures. This is a hopeful and resource-filled book for those who already agree or wish to consider the proposition that diligent thoughtful efforts to ensure that beginning teachers are well-supported will ultimately benefit the well-being and quality of learning experienced by multiple generations of students.

Reviews for The Bliss and Blisters of Early Career Teaching

This vital book is a unique collection of the Canadian research on teacher induction and mentoring. It makes a timely and valuable contribution by bringing together the pan-Canadian voices of authors who are passionate about the development of early career teachers. It is an excellent guide to scholars, practitioners, and policymakers who want to make a difference.
Rebecca Luce-Kapler, OCT, PhD, Dean of Education, Queen’s University

Canada in the 21st century is changing. As a nation, we are experiencing significant shifts to our social, demographic, cultural, technological, economic and political contexts. New teachers in Canada are entering a profession which is tasked with interpreting these new realities for our children and youth, who are facing a world where globalization and tribalism are now vying for power. Unfortunately, many new teachers are unable to cope with these challenges, and drop-out rates are high. In this important new book, educators from many parts of Canada examine the issues facing new teachers and explore how early career teacher induction and mentorship programs might assist in keeping more new teachers in the profession.                                           hurda plastik fiyatları
J. Tim Goddard, PhD, Professor of Education, University of Prince Edward Island