Playground duty / Ned Manning.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Manning, Ned.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teachers--Australia--Attitudes.

Teachers.

Manning, Ned.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (237 p.)

Place of Publication:

Sydney : University of New South Wales Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the baking heat of February 1973, wearing a purple body shirt and an expression of confidence that belied his nerves, Ned Manning faced a classroom of children in remote New South Wales. It was the start of many years of teaching, by turns exhilarating, nerve-fraying, and inspiring. Packed with stories of students both recalcitrant and driven, lesson plans, staff rooms, and drama, this book roams from high schools in dusty country towns to the edgy Newtown High School of the Performing Arts in Sydney's inner city and a crucible of creativity at the Eora Aboriginal Education Center. Through the challenges he inevitably faces, Manning finds the common thread of possibility and hope that runs through his profession. A funny and disarmingly honest memoir of a full life of teaching, this account has the power to rekindle a spark of glee and optimism about teachers, kids, and even schools.

Contents:

Cover; About the Author; Dedication; Copyright; Contents ; Author's note; Prologue: Duty of care; Time is a Traveller; False start; On Probation; First period ; Classroom control?; Extra-curricular; Staff development; Learning curve ; Gold star; Big School; Second period; Class act ; Bran Nue World ; After recess; First principles; Excursions ; High distinctions; Close to the bone; Transitions; Casual challenge; Practical marking; Teaching heaven ; Double drama; In service; Third period; Epilogue: End of term

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-74224-577-3

OCLC:

782879885