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Video- Examples of good teaching.
Readings and study guide activities.
Resourccs
Characteristics of Effective Teaching
Exercises to improve essay skills
Stress!!!!!! Danger, the following articles are not full of happiness.
Student Teacher Stress http://www.flinders.edu.au/teach/Practicum/pdf/coping.pdf
Solution Oriented approaches http://www.ampersandaus.com.au/2001papers/bermingham.html
Burnout US style http://wwwed.sturt.flinders.edu.au/iej/ARTICLES/v2n2/dworkin/paper.pdf
Are you crazy to want to be a teacher?
Developing Resilience http://www.aare.edu.au/02pap/how02342.htm
Management strategies http://www.det.nsw.edu.au/reviews/macqt/teachpre.htm