Becoming a Primary School Teacher: A Study of Mature Women

Written to support women who enter primary school teaching at a mature age, this book blends together expert advice with accounts drawn from a study of trainee teachers. In these circumstances, we get a vivid portrait of the hopes, fears, highs, lows, doubts and ambitions of teachers in their own words. It explains the difficult transition from joining a student community through study skills, teaching practice and getting and taking up a teaching job.