Stories of Beginning Teachers: First Year Challenges and Beyond.(Book review)

From: Catholic Education | Date: June 1, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

ALYSIA D. ROEHRIG, MICHAEL PRESSLEY, & DENISE A. TALOTTA, EDS. UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME PRESS, 2002 $15.00, 231 pages

Baptism by fire is an expression often associated with the experience of beginning teachers. Every autumn, neophyte educators embark on a journey through uncharted, unpredictable waters as they enter the classroom for the very first time in the capacity of teacher. The research of Roehrig, Pressley, and Talotta is an opportunity to look into the classroom windows of a group of young, beginning teachers to discover, ponder, and celebrate the challenges that ...

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