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Teacher Man by Frank McCourt

Teaching as a profession

Authority in the Classroom

Real world Connections

Teachers become friends with students to obtain their trust

-give them more independence to not lose their friendship and respect

Theme: The change from teaching as a job, to teaching for genuine student advancement and learning.

McCourt transforms from a teacher who shows up everyday, talks about himself to keep students interested, and completing his administrative duties, to a teacher that uses those stories as the backbone of lessons and true learning.

McCourt learns that teaching is not only delivering material, but using your experiences and background to connect with students and inspire the desire to learn.

Theme: The teacher man is trying to obtain the respect of the students but he is trying to gain it by allowing the students do what they want

Examples: (Chp 1), He told stories to the students instead of teaching

- He ate a student sandwich of a student to show them who was the boss???

Examples: Chapter One: McCourt's thoughts and responsibilities as a new teacher on the first day of school.

Chapter Four: McCourt’ start as a teacher

Chapter Ten: The class outing

Real World Connections:

Establishing a place in the classroom

Teaching for a paycheck to teaching for students

Stereotypes

Engaging the Students

Theme

  • McCourt used students' interests to capture their attention
  • Related interests to class material

Examples

  • (Ch. 13) Culinary skills, picnic & sharing of recipes
  • (Ch. 13) "Sex & food"

Connections

  • HS Math & baking cookies (quadratics)
  • HS English reading: Shakespeare, The Catcher in the Rye, etc.

Hardships of Teaching

Theme:

  • Throughout the book, different stereotypes are portrayed by the characters
  • The different stereotypes are mainly related to culture

In the book:

  • Stereotypes about the Irish
  • "I'll tell the parents you're just an Irish immigrant off the boat."(pg 23)
  • How different ethnicities view each other: Sal and Louise (pg.92)
  • How teachers treat 'bad' kids: Kevin Dunne (pg. 95)

In our world:

  • Racism and prejudices in the classroom
  • The importance of respecting and encouraging ALL students
  • Insecurities/Self-Esteem
  • Dealing with difficult students
  • Student "Admiration"
  • Appropriate conversations in the workplace
  • Self-Control
  • Adaptability
  • Motivation
  • Change of environment
  • Parents
  • Peer evaluation

Different Learning Styles

Teacher Man

Theme:

  • All students learn in different ways
  • McCourt tries different styles throughout his career until he found what worked best in his classes
  • Nothing is perfect

Examples:

  • Animated classroom with stories and discussions
  • Tries to be a stern teacher (students disengage)
  • Both teacher and student would develop and teach the class

Real world connections

  • using all different types of text-sets
  • everybody hates the teachers who read straight out of textbook

By Frank McCourt

In Teacher Man, Frank McCourt turns his attention to lectures-teaching: why it's so important, why it's so undervalued. He describes his own coming of age-as a teacher, a storyteller, and, a writer. Using stories of his triumphs, failures, and everything in between, McCourt brings you through his journey to become a teacher. He instinctively identifies with the underdog; his sympathies lie more with students than administrators. It takes him almost fifteen years to find his voice in the classroom, but what's clear in Teacher Man is that from the beginning he seizes and holds his students' attention by telling them memorable stories.

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