1. Those Who Can, Teach 10th Edition Kevin Ryan and James M. Cooper
Chapter 15
Why Teach?

2. What Superintendents and Principals Say About New Teachers
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Why Teachers Teach
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4. Extrinsic and Intrinsic Rewards of Teaching
Salaries - improving
Status - difficult to discern
Power - unique power over students
Work Schedule - “June, July and August”
Intrinsic
Students
Performing a Significant Social Service
Fellow Teachers
The Work of Teaching
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5. Profession that Provides the Most Benefit to Society
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7. Deciding to be a Teacher: Sources of Useful Experience
Real encounters with children or adolescents
Vicarious experience - film, fiction, memoirs about teachers
Guidance - advice from those who know you
Reflection - the most important source
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