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Chapter 3: Developing the confidence to teach: communicating and working with others

Chapter 3: Developing the confidence to teach: communicating and working with others

pp. 43-65

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, Swinburne University of Technology, Victoria, , Federation University
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Summary

In this chapter you will gain an understanding of confidence and how this is connected to believing in yourself, how to use self-compassion to support your continued growth as a pre-service teacher, how a growth mindset can assist you in becoming a teacher, your framing of the kind of teacher you wish to be, ‘presence’ as a teacher, and how to develop confidence in communicating with students, staff and peers across a variety of situations.

Keywords

  • Confidence
  • communication
  • profession learning
  • self-compassion
  • presence
  • mentor teachers

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