Sustenance of Teaching Across Career Span: Instructional Vitality, Cognitive Styles, Mnemonics and Emotional Maturity, (Paperback)

Teachers who start out on their careers with a passion for keeping teaching and learning alive often end up being disillutioned before they get to the end of their careers. In an effort to help teachers keep the passion for teaching alive this book applies psychological variables of cognitive styles, mnemonic strategies and emotional maturity to instructional vitality.Instructional Vitality is the ability of teachers to keep their teaching fresh and invigorated across career span. It consists of the passion, energy, vigour, teaching persona and commanding teaching presence that teachers bring to bear on their professional duties. Instructional vitality also entails the competence, and joy teachers bring to their classrooms, students and colleagues. This book is highly readable. It is invaluable for students or psychologists looking to expand their understanding of psychological concepts as they relate to education. It contains superb depth and breadth of information. It integrates real world scenarios to help develop meaning for the teachers in order to revitalise and clarify their professional principles and practice